Honchy Brid massacre
Honchy Brid massacre was a mass murder of 73 (58 of them are known by name)[1] peaceful Ukrainians in the village of Honchy Brid (Ukrainian: Гончий Брід), committed in January 1944 by a Polish detachment of the Home Army. The Poles looted the village, destroying up to 40 estates.[2]
Memory[edit]
In 2011, a memorial for the massacred was erected in the village. The erection of the monument was aided by the head of the Volyn Regional State Administration Borys Klimchuk whose grandfather was one of the victims.[3]
In 2018, president Petro Poroshenko visited the village to pray at the memorial for the victims.[4][5]
References[edit]
- ↑ Volodymyr Vyatrovych - about the tragedy in the village of Honchy Brid
- ↑ "Волинська трагедія: 70 років потому". ukurier.gov.ua. Урядовий кур'єр. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ↑ Malimon, Natalia (20 October 2011). "Volyn honors victims of Honchy Brid massacre". The Day.
- ↑ https://day.kyiv.ua/ru/article/podrobnosti/lyublinskiy-voevoda-protiv-istiny
- ↑ https://www.bbc.com/ukrainian/features-44755744
Literature[edit]
- Волинь і Холмщина 1938 - 1947 рр. Польсько-українське протистояння та його відлуння / Ред.кол.: Я.Ісаєвич, М.Литвин, В.Расевич; Упор.Я.Ісаєвич, О.Вовк, І.Пусько та інші. — Львів, 2003. — pp. 579-583. — ISBN 966-02-2291-2.
External links[edit]
- Гарлінська, Лідія. "Трагедія Гончого Броду". www.volyn.com.ua. інтернет-сторінка «Волинь-нова».
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