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Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army within the Reichskommissariat Ukraine (Volhynia) peak.
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Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia
Massacres of Poles by Ukrainian nationalists during World War II
The Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia were carried out in German-occupied Poland by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), with the support of parts of the local Ukrainian population, against the Polish minority in Volhynia, Eastern Galicia, parts of Polesia, and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Ukrainian nationalist partisan organisation active during and after World War II
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Historical region in Central and Eastern Europe
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