UMOWA O WYMIANIE LUDNOŚCI Z DNIA 9 WRZEŚNIA 1944 R. MIĘDZY POLSKĄ A RADZIECKĄ UKRAINĄ I JEJ REALIZACJA WOBEC MNIEJSZOŚCI UKRAIŃSKIEJ W POLSCE
AGREEMENT ON THE EXCHANGE OF THE POPULATION OF 9 SEPTEMBER 1944. BETWEEN POLAND AND SOVIET UKRAINE AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION AGAINST THE UKRAINIAN MINORITY IN POLAND

Summary/Abstract: On September 9, 1944, an agreement on population exchange was signed between the governments of Poland and the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. For Poles living in Soviet Ukraine, the agreement allowed them to leave for Poland. On the other hand, Ukrainians from Poland could leave for the USSR. According to the agreement, the population exchange was to be voluntary. The Polish population left Ukraine without resistance. On the other hand, the Ukrainian population massively refused to leave Poland. Ukrainian families were very closely connected with the land of their ancestors. Ukraine was devastated by war and the robbery of the communist economy. There was hunger there. Contrary to the provisions of the agreement of September 9, 1944, the Polish Army carried out the forced displacement of the Ukrainian population from Poland to Soviet Ukraine. The deportation action lasted in the years 1944-1946 and was often very brutal. This article presents the agreement of September 9, 1944 and the real implementation of the provisions of this agreement.

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