Sahryń massacre
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The Sahryń massacre was a massacre of Ukrainian combatants and civilians by members of the Polish Home Army on 10 March 1944, committed as a reprisal to similar, though en masse, attacks carried out on Polish villagers by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. The exact total death toll of Ukrainians killed in Sahryń is unknown, but estimates vary from 234 to over 600,[3][4][5][6] of which between 150 and 300 were confirmed civilians.[1] The surnames of 234 victims are known.[7]
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Sahryń massacre | |
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Part of Polish-Ukrainian ethnic conflict | |
Native name | Різанина в Сагрині |
Location | Sahryń |
Date | 10 March 1944 |
Deaths | Anywhere from 150[1] to 800[2] |
Victims | Ukrainian collaborators and civilians |
Perpetrators | Home Army, Peasant Battalions |
Assailants | Stanisław Basaj "Ryś" [pl] Zenon Jachymek "Wiktor" [pl] |
No. of participants | 800 partisans |
Motive | Revenge for massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia |
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