Dominopol massacre

Dominopol 
Location of the Massacre on the map of interwar Poland

Dominopol (Ukrainian: Доминополь) no longer exists. It was an Polish village in the Eastern regions of the Second Polish Republic before World War II. The area was invaded by the Soviet Union in 1939 and in 1941 annexed by Nazi Germany to Reichskommissariat Ukraine. The Dominopol location is now in the area of Volyn Oblast in sovereign Ukraine.

The massacre

On July 11, 1943, at the height of the Massacres of Poles in Volhynia, the village was attacked by units of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. All ethnic Polish inhabitants caught by the Ukrainian nationalists, regardless of their age and gender, were tortured and murdered. Number of victims is disputed, most sources put it at 60 families, which is around 490 persons, including several children.[1] Most were killed by axes and knives. Other sources put the number of victims at 250.[2] Afterwards, possessions of murdered Poles were looted by Ukrainian peasants who also participated in the massacre, and the village was burned.

In 2002, due to efforts of Association of Poles Murdered in the East from Zamość, a commemorative cross was erected where once Dominopol was.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Najkrwawsza niedziela w dziejach polskiego narodu, 11 lipca 1943 Kki.pl (Internet Archive). Source: Nasz Dziennik nr 29/1998.
  2. ↑ Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (2005), Dominopol – Obwód równieński. Cmentarze polskie na terenie łuckiego okręgu konsularnego. Internet Archive.
  3. ↑ Stowarzyszenie Upamiętnienia Polaków Pomordowanych na Wołyniu (September 2009), Kresy.pl w Zamościu.

Coordinates: 50°55′N 24°34′E / 50.917°N 24.567°E / 50.917; 24.567

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