1944-12-24 · CR-0042
Ihrowica: Christmas Eve massacre
57-80 victims according to the cited sources
The IPN record states that the attack took place during Christmas Eve supper, that 30 farms were burned and that 57 Polish residents were killed, with other sources giving about 80. It also notes Ukrainian victims among those killed.
- Date
- 1944-12-24
- Victim count
- 57-80
- Perpetrators according to the sources
- A UPA company from the Burłaka battalion under Ivan Shemchyshyn, supported by a local Ukrainian self-defence unit and local participants, according to the IPN record
- Location
- Ihrovytsia · Ternopil Oblast
- Country
- Ukraine
- Historical region
- Eastern Galicia
- Map location
- Approximate point for the historical locality, ~1.5 km
Sources
- Zbrodnia w Ihrowicy 24 grudnia 1944 r., zbrodniawolynska.pl (IPN project)
- zbrodniawolynska.pl source-map record, zbrodniawolynska.pl (IPN project)
Important limitation: This record concerns a specific event and formations named by the sources; it does not assign collective responsibility to the Ukrainian nation.