Berezovitsa Mala was a Polish-Ukrainian village, where Poles made up more than half of the population. According to the census of 1.03.1943, there were 1,041 inhabitants.

During the Second World War, in the face of the threat from the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, Poles formed a self-defence in the village. On the night of 22/23 February 1944, the UPA attacked the Polish part of the village - they murdered all the Poles they came across, plundered all their possessions, and then set fire to houses that were not in danger of being moved to Ukrainian farms. According to witnesses, about 130 people were murdered.

The victims were buried in a mass grave in the so-called Polish cemetery near the forest. In 2007. The Council for the Protection of Remembrance of Struggle and Martyrdom led to the erection of a memorial on the grave of the victims. It was consecrated on 5.07.2008 during a solemn mass for the intention of the victims from Ihrowica, Berezowica Mala, Plotycza and Lozowa (buried in Szlachcińce). The commemoration was erected in the form of a cross and plaques with the names of the victims next to it. The whole was made of light-coloured granite. The inscription reads: "With the smoke of fires, with the dust of brotherly blood / to you, Lord, cries this voice! / Kornel Ujejski // To the memory / of the resting here / about 130 Poles / inhabitants of the village / Berezowica Mała / murdered / on the night of 22 to 23 February 1944 / may they rest in peace / Government of the Republic of Poland / Families / 2007".