Stanisław Jastrzębski, born in the village of Bubło, Rohatyn County, in Stanisławów Voivodeship currently Ukraine; presently residing in Chorzów in southern Poland; writer, lawyer, historian, legal advisor. Following Nazi German and Soviet invasion of Poland, Jastrzębski was a soldier of Armia Krajowa and member of the Polish self-defence unit in Stanisławów against OUN-UPA pacification raids. Political prisoner under Stalinism in the Peoples Republic of Poland, he went on to graduate from the Faculty of Law at the University of Wrocław. For many following years Jastrzębski worked as a barrister.[1][2]
| Polish Genocide by Ukrainian Nationalists in/around Lublin Voivodeship in 1939-1947 | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Stanisław Jastrzębski |
| Original title | Ludobójstwo nacjonalistów ukraińskich na Polakach na Lubelszczyźnie w latach 1939-1947 |
| Country | Poland |
| Language | Polish |
| Genre(s) | History |
| Publisher | Nortom |
| Publication date | 2007 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 264 |
| ISBN | 978-83-89684-04-2 |
| OCLC Number | 234170608 |
| LC Classification | D804.U35 J3695 2007 |
| Followed by | Samoobrona Polaków na Kresach Południowo-Wschodnich II RP w latach 1939-1946 (2008) |
Stanisław Jastrzębski is a survivor of the World War II massacres of Poles in Volhynia, during which he eye-witnessed the UPA murder of his own family.
The result of years of his historical research based on official documents and witness accounts, is Jastrzębski's 2007 book (right) entitled Ludobójstwo nacjonalistów ukraińskich na Polakach na Lubelszczyźnie w latach 1939-1947 (English: Polish Genocide by Ukrainian Nationalists in/around Lublin Voivodeship in 1939-1947) revealing the extend of atrocities committed against Polish civilians in Kresy by bands of Ukrainian nationalists. The book makes use of materials collected by the Society for the Remembrance of Victims of Genocide Committed by the Ukrainian Nationalists (Polish: Stowarzyszenie Upamiętnienia Ofiar Zbrodni Ukraińskich Nacjonalistów) and the Institute of National Remembrance.[3]
In his most recent 2008 book, Samoobrona Polaków na Kresach Południowo-Wschodnich II RP w latach 1939-1946 (English: Polish Self-defence in Southeastern Kresy Region of Polish Second Republic) Jastrzębski conducts an in-depth study of the Polish attempts at self-defence against UPA pacification operations and gives a detailed account of the defence units' activities during Nazi German and Soviet occupation. The book is based on documents and narratives collected by the Polish Institute of National Remembrance.[4]