1943-08-31 · CR-0785
Crime in Gaj/Nowy Gaj, 1943-08-31
500–601 victims according to the cited sources
This record documents a crime in Gaj/Nowy Gaj during 1943-08-31. Victim total: 500–601. Victim groups: Polish civilians. Perpetrators: perpetrators not identified precisely enough in the available fields of the source record. Studies report different victim totals; the record preserves the range 500–601.
- Date
- 1943-08-31
- Victim count
- 500–601
- Perpetrators according to the sources
- perpetrators not identified precisely enough in the available fields of the source record
- Location
- area of the historical colony in Volyn Oblast · Volyn Oblast
- Country
- Ukraine
- Historical region
- Volhynia
- Map location
- Approximate point for the historical locality, ~1.5 km
Sources
- Zbrodnia w miejscowości Gaj/Gaj Nowy, kolonia [pow. Kowel] w dniu 31 sierpnia 1943 r., zbrodniawolynska.pl (IPN project)
- Victims Database entries for Gaj/Nowy Gaj, zbrodniawolynska.pl (IPN project)
- zbrodniawolynska.pl source-map record, zbrodniawolynska.pl (IPN project)
- Dokumenty zbrodni wołyńskiej, tom 1, Instytut Pamięci Narodowej
Important limitation: This record concerns a specific event and formations named by the sources; it does not assign collective responsibility to the Ukrainian nation.