Massacre

Sahryń massacre

10 Mar 1944 · 50.68° N, 23.80° E

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When
10 Mar 1944
Kind
Massacre
Deaths
150
Coordinates
50.68° N, 23.80° E
Description
1944 massacre

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Sahryń massacre

1944 massacre

The Sahryń massacre was a massacre of Ukrainian combatants and civilians by members of the Polish Home Army on 10 March 1944, committed as a reprisal to similar, though en masse, attacks carried out on Polish villagers by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. The exact total death toll of Ukrainians killed in Sahryń is unknown, but estimates vary from 234 to over 600, of which between 150 and 300 were confirmed civilians.

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