What the records say
- When
- 30 Aug 1943
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 438
- Coordinates
- 51.07° N, 25.69° E
- Description
- massacre by Ukrainian Insurgent Army
Ostrówki massacre
1943 mass murder of Poles
The Ostrówki massacre was a 1943 mass murder of the Polish inhabitants of the Volhynian village of Ostrówki, located in the gmina Hushcha, Liuboml, Volhynian Voivodeship in the Second Polish Republic. On 30 August 1943, armed members of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UIA) murdered 438 Poles. Among the victims were 246 children under the age of 14.
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