1943-07-12 · CR-0045
Zagaje: massacre of 12 July 1943
240-260 victims according to the cited sources
The IPN record estimates 240 to 260 Polish victims and states that the total was never established precisely.
- Date
- 1943-07-12
- Victim count
- 240-260
- Perpetrators according to the sources
- UPA members and armed local participants, as described by the IPN record
- Location
- former village area in Volyn Oblast · Volyn Oblast
- Country
- Ukraine
- Historical region
- Volhynia
- Map location
- Approximate point for the historical locality, ~1.5 km
Sources
- Zbrodnia w Zagajach 12 lipca 1943 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.