| Turkowice massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of Polish-Ukrainian ethnic conflict and Hrubieszów Revolution | |
| Location | Turkowice, Poland |
| Date | March, 1944 |
| Target | Ukrainians |
Attack type | Mass shootings and mass killings |
| Deaths | 80 civilians killed |
| Perpetrators | Home Army Ryś Battalion |
| Motive |
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Turkowice massacre (Polish: Zbrodnia w Turkowicach; Ukrainian: Злочинність у Турковіцах) was a massacre on Ukrainians in the village Turkowice committed by the members of the Home Army and Peasant Battalions (specifically the "Ryś" Battalion) on March, 1944. The majority of the village was destroyed and burnt down during and after the massacre.[1][2]
History
In the spring of 1944, Turkowice was one of the Ukrainian villages that the Armia Krajowa and Ryś Battalion burned down during the Hrubieszów Revolution.[1]
Approximately around 80 Ukrainians were murdered and 150 houses in total were entirely destroyed.[2]
References
- Ther, Philipp; Siljak, Ana (2001). Redrawing nations: ethnic cleansing in East-Central Europe, 1944-1948. Oxford: Rowman & Littfield. p. 174.
- I. Ilyushin, The Ukrainian Insurgent Army and the Home Army: Confrontation in Western Ukraine (1943–1945). p.148
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