Honchy Brid massacre

Honchy Brid massacre was a mass murder of 73 Ukrainians[1] in the village of Honchy Brid (Ukrainian: Гончий Брід), committed in January 1944 by a Polish detachment of the Home Army. The Poles looted the village, destroying up to 40 estates.[2]

Memory

In 2011, a memorial for the massacred was erected in the village. The erection of the monument was aided by the head of the Volyn Regional State Administration Borys Klimchuk whose grandfather was one of the victims.[3]

In 2018, president Petro Poroshenko visited the village to pray at the memorial for the victims.[4][5]

References
  1. Popovych, Oleksiy (2018). "The UPA against the AK in Monuments, Memorial Complexes, Burial Places (2005-2014)". Eminak: Scientific Quarterly Journal (in Ukrainian). 1 (4): 154. ISSN 2708-0226.
  2. "Волинська трагедія: 70 років потому". ukurier.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Uryadovy Kuryer. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  3. Malimon, Natalia (20 October 2011). "Volyn honors victims of Honchy Brid massacre". The Day (57). ISSN 2305-7289.
  4. "Люблинский воевода – против истины? | Газета «День»".
  5. "Про що говорили Порошенко в Польщі, а Дуда в Україні". BBC News Україна.

Literature
  • Волинь і Холмщина 1938 - 1947 рр. Польсько-українське протистояння та його відлуння / Ред.кол.: Я.Ісаєвич, М.Литвин, В.Расевич; Упор.Я.Ісаєвич, О.Вовк, І.Пусько та інші. — Львів, 2003. — pp. 579-583. — ISBN 966-02-2291-2.

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