Huta Pieniacka
Huta Pieniacka (Ukrainian: Гута Пеняцька, Huta Penyats'ka) – was an ethnic Polish village[1] of about 1,000 inhabitants, until 1939 located in Tarnopol Voivodeship, Poland (modern-day Ukraine). The site of what was once the village is currently located some 50 km from Ternopil, beside the village of Holubytsia (Ukrainian: Голубиця) in Brody Raion of Lviv Oblast of Ukraine.
History
On February 28, 1944 almost all the villagers of Polish ethnic background were murdered[2] and the village razed during the Huta Pieniacka massacre in a planned action[3] by the II Battalion of the 4th regiment of the SS Freiwilligen Division "Galizien" under the command of Włodzimierz Czerniawski. [4][5]
| Huta Pieniacka monument to victims of the World War II massacre | ||
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Plaque on the monument |
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References
- ↑ http://www.dir.icm.edu.pl/pl/Slownik_geograficzny/Tom_III/236
- ↑ http://wyborcza.pl/1,75515,6325865.html
- ↑ http://www.gazetaprawna.pl/wiadomosci/artykuly/116427,ipn_prowadzi_sledztwo_ws_mordu_w_hucie_pieniackiej.html
- ↑ http://klekit.livejournal.com/991.html
- ↑ Michael James Melnyk. (2007). To Battle: The Formation and History of the 14th Waffen-SS Grenadier Division. Helion and Company. Chapter 5.
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