1945-02-16 · CR-0124
Crime in Weleśniów, 1945-02-16
46 victims according to the cited sources
This record documents a crime in Weleśniów during 1945-02-16. Victim total: 46. Victim groups: Polish civilians. Perpetrators: a Banderite armed group which, according to the source, posed as NKVD personnel. The data were compared with an independent comparative study; approximate and incomplete values remain marked as such.
- Date
- 1945-02-16
- Victim count
- 46
- Perpetrators according to the sources
- a Banderite armed group which, according to the source, posed as NKVD personnel
- Location
- area of the historical village in Ternopil Oblast · Ternopil Oblast
- Country
- Ukraine
- Historical region
- Eastern Galicia
- Map location
- Approximate point for the historical locality, ~1.5 km
Sources
- Zbrodnia w m. Weleśniów (pow. Buczacz) w dn. 16 lutego 1945 r., zbrodniawolynska.pl (IPN project)
- Victims Database entries for Weleśniów, zbrodniawolynska.pl (IPN project)
- zbrodniawolynska.pl source-map record, zbrodniawolynska.pl (IPN project)
- Ludobójstwo OUN-UPA na Kresach Południowo-Wschodnich, seria, tom 13, Stowarzyszenie Kresowian Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Important limitation: This record concerns a specific event and formations named by the sources; it does not assign collective responsibility to the Ukrainian nation.