Tomb of the victims of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), photo SUPPNW z Zamościa, 2011
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Tomb of the victims of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA)

Zagaje | Ukraine
ukr. Zahaji \(Загаї)

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ID: WOJ-000569-W (UA-7849)

Tomb of the victims of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA)

Zagaje | Ukraine
ukr. Zahaji \(Загаї)

Zagaje was a Polish village of 50 households with 2 Czech families.

From April 1943, the inhabitants did not spend the night in their houses, expecting an attack by Ukrainians. On 12.07.1943, in the middle of the day, an attack by the Ukrainians took place. The houses and farmyards of the Poles were looted and then set on fire, all the inhabitants they encountered were murdered. According to witnesses, more than 250 people were killed during this attack.

The bodies of the murdered were buried in various places in the village. Today there is no trace of the village. In the field there is a solitary grave of the victims, on which a tall metal cross funded by the Association for the Commemoration of Poles Murdered in the East was placed in 1996. The inscription reads: "To the 260 Poles / residents of the village of Zagaje / who died in 1943 / in eternal memory / Compatriots".

In 2008 and 2011, members of the Association carried out repair and renovation work on this commemoration.

Data założenia karty:

03.08.2023

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