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


The monument


Plaque on the monument
Names of the murdered

Coordinates: 49°54′07″N 25°05′56″E / 49.902°N 25.099°E

References

  1. ↑ http://www.dir.icm.edu.pl/pl/Slownik_geograficzny/Tom_III/236
  2. ↑ http://wyborcza.pl/1,75515,6325865.html
  3. ↑ http://www.gazetaprawna.pl/wiadomosci/artykuly/116427,ipn_prowadzi_sledztwo_ws_mordu_w_hucie_pieniackiej.html
  4. ↑ http://klekit.livejournal.com/991.html
  5. ↑ Michael James Melnyk. (2007). To Battle: The Formation and History of the 14th Waffen-SS Grenadier Division. Helion and Company. Chapter 5.