1942-11 · CR-0075
Berecz/Bierecz: documented killings
about 16 victims according to the cited sources
The cited IPN records document violence in Berecz/Bierecz during 1942-11. They support the displayed victim figure, about 16, and describe the perpetrators as Ukrainian policemen acting under German command, as stated in the cited record. The record describes about sixteen members of four Polish families killed by Ukrainian policemen under German command for helping Jews who had escaped from the Powursk ghetto.
- Date
- 1942-11
- Victim count
- about 16
- Perpetrators according to the sources
- Ukrainian policemen acting under German command, as stated in the cited record
- Location
- historical colony area in Volyn Oblast · Volyn Oblast
- Country
- Ukraine
- Historical region
- Volhynia
- Map location
- Approximate point for the historical locality, ~1.5 km
Sources
- Crime in Berecz or Bierecz in November 1942, zbrodniawolynska.pl (IPN project)
- Victims Database entries for Berecz/Bierecz, 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.