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Las masacres de #Polacos en #Volinia y #Galitzia Oriental fueron llevadas a cabo por el Ejército Insurgente Ucraniano (#UPA Stepan Bandera) en la Polonia ocupada, con el apoyo de parte de la población local ucraniana contra la minoría polaca en Volinia, Galitzia Oriental,
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partes de Polesia y la región de Lublin desde 1943 hasta 1945. El punto álgido tuvo lugar en julio y agosto de 1943. La mayoría de las víctimas fueron mujeres y niños. Muchas de las víctimas, independientemente de su edad o sexo, fueron torturadas antes de ser asesinadas;
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algunos de los métodos incluían la violación, el desmembramiento o la inmolación, entre otros. Las acciones de la UPA provocaron entre 50.000 y 100.000 muertes.
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The massacres of #Poles in #Volhynia and Eastern #Galicia were carried out in German-occupied Poland by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (#UPA Stepan Bandera), with the support of parts of the local Ukrainian population against the Polish minority in Volhynia, Eastern Galicia,
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parts of Polesia and Lublin region from 1943 to 1945. The peak of the massacres took place in July and August 1943. Most of the victims were women and children. Many of the Polish victims regardless of age or gender were tortured before being killed;
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some of the methods included rape, dismemberment or immolation, among others. The UPA's actions resulted in between 50,000 and 100,000 deaths.
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#OTD 80 yrs ago, the USSR began the first #WWII mass deportation of citizens from Poland’s eastern borderlands occupied by the Soviets on Sept. 17, 1939. Deported from Stanisławów prov. at 11 yrs old, Adam J. drew the deportation train scene he witnessed from within a cattle car. 
On the drawing, Adam noted: “Bolsheviks are chasing the civilian population away from train cars in which they were deporting Poles”. During #WWII, Polish civilians were deported by the USSR in four waves: February 10, 1940, April 13, 1940, June 1940, and June 1941.
This map – created by the Cartography Service of the Polish Army in the East – estimates the total number of Polish citizens (1,050,000) deported by the USSR from Soviet occupied eastern Poland during the years 1939-1941. Results are shown by region. #WWII
