1939-09-12 · CR-1172
Crime in Smerdyn/Smerdyń, 1939-09-12
22–25 victims according to the cited sources
This record documents a crime in Smerdyn/Smerdyń during 1939-09-12. Victim total: 22–25. Victim groups: Polish civilians. Perpetrators: Ukrainian attackers; without a certain attribution to one formation. Studies report different victim totals; the record preserves the range 22–25.
- Date
- 1939-09-12
- Victim count
- 22–25
- Perpetrators according to the sources
- Ukrainian attackers; without a certain attribution to one formation
- Location
- area of the historical locality in Volyn Oblast · Volyn Oblast
- Country
- Ukraine
- Historical region
- Volhynia
- Map location
- Approximate point for the historical locality, ~1.5 km
Sources
- Zbrodnia w m. Smerdyń w dniu 12 września 1939 r., zbrodniawolynska.pl (IPN project)
- Victims Database entries for Smerdyn/Smerdyń, 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.