“This crime, carried out on the basis of a previously planned and well-thought-out decision by the UPA command, met all the hallmarks of genocide,” Zbigniew Ziobro, the leader of Sovereign Poland, wrote on Twitter. The around 80th anniversary of the Ukrainian genocide against Poles in Volhynia, which resulted from the activities of OUN-UPA nationalists, became one of the main topics covered by representatives of Polish politics on social media.
On the 80th anniversary of the Volhynia massacre, we pay tribute to the still nameless victims of those events. Today we stand in reflection, remembering respect and prayer for all victims of armed conflict. We believe that only a shared discovery of the truth will lead to lasting reconciliation. We appreciate the speech of the Chairman of the Supreme Council of Ukraine Stefanchuk in the Sejm and the presence of President Zelensky next to President Andrzej Duda in the cathedral in Lutsk. These are long overdue, necessary steps in the right direction
– wrote Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau on Twitter.
Today we celebrate the National Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Genocide committed by Ukrainian nationalists on the citizens of the Second Republic of Poland. We remember
– the Prime Minister’s Chancellery on Twitter.
The justice minister referred to the 80th anniversary of the Volhynia massacre on social media, quoting the words of St. John Paul II. The President of Sovereign Poland called the crime of the OUN-UPA genocide and stressed that about 100,000 Poles died at the hands of the Ukrainians.
The dark influence of evil poisoned hearts and the weapons led to the shedding of innocent blood” – this is how it was with the Volhynian massacre, where about 100,000 people died at the hands of the UPA. Poles, mostly women and children, wrote to John Paul II. This crime, carried out on the basis of a pre-planned and well-thought-out decision by the UPA command, met all the hallmarks of genocide. The murdered deserve remembrance and a place of dignified rest! And all true
– wrote Zbigniew Ziobro on Twitter.
The chairman of the Polish People’s Party laid flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Warsaw, noting that the basis for reconciliation and establishing truly friendly relations with Ukraine is the truth.
It is not out of revenge, but in memory that the victims cry out! Today, on the 80th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, we pay tribute to our compatriots, victims of genocide, murdered in the massacre in Volhynia by Ukrainian nationalists. Let’s not forget that the basis of good relationships must be the truth #Wołyń #we remember
— wrote Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz on Twitter.
The list of politicians who referred to the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Volhynian massacre was joined by the Minister of Education and Science, Przemysław Czarnek.
Today I laid a wreath at the Monument to the Victims of Volhynia in #Lublin. It is our duty to remember the genocide in #Volhynia. It is our duty to lead to the exhumation and burial of our compatriots. “It is not out of revenge, but in memory that the victims cry out.” We will never forget! #We remember
– Przemyslaw Czarnek posted a message on Twitter.
80 years ago, on July 11 and 12, 1943, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army launched a coordinated attack on about 150 Polish-inhabited towns in the counties of Włodzimierz, Horochów, Kowel and Łuck in the former Volyn Voivodeship. It took advantage of the fact that people gathered in churches on Sunday, July 11. “Bloody Sunday” is considered the culmination of the genocide committed by Ukrainian nationalists against Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia in 1943-1945. As a result of genocidal actions in Volhynia, about 100,000 people died. Poland.
The perpetrators of the genocide were members of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists – B (Bandera’s faction), the Ukrainian Insurgent Army subordinated to it, and the Ukrainian population encouraged by them, being the neighbors of the Poles, often related to them by blood ties. Roman Shukhevych, the chief commander of the UPA, is directly responsible for issuing the punishment order. The OUN-UPA called its actions an “anti-Polish move” to make Ukraine an area inhabited exclusively by Ukrainians.
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Source: wPolityce