TERRORYSTYCZNA DZIAŁALNOŚĆ OUN-UPA I PRZESIEDLENIA LUDNOŚCI UKRAIŃSKIEJ W POWIECIE JAROSŁAWSKIM (1944-1947)
TERRORIST ACTIVITIES OF OUN AND UPA AND RESETTLEMENT OF THE UKRAINIAN POPULATION IN JAROSŁAW COUNTY (1944-1947)
Author(s): Bogusław KużniarSubject(s): Geography, Regional studies, Criminology, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Migration Studies, Geopolitics
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Geopolityczne
Keywords: OUN; UPA; terrorism; resettlements; Jarosław County;
Summary/Abstract: Criminal activities of the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists and Ukrainian Insurgent Army in Jarosław County (murder, arson, robbery, abduction, torture) struck at civilians and government workers serving as soldiers, police officers, foresters or civil servants. Fight against that terrorism was therefore a key duty of the Polish state, carried out primarily by the military and police. The article also discusses formally voluntary resettlement of the Ukrainian population to the USSR in the years 1944 – 1946, and then forced resettlement to the northern and western areas of Poland. It is demonstrated that Operation “Wisła” was a direct consequence of the terrorist activities of OUN and UPA in the years 1944 – 1947, and it was carried out in order to ensure public safety in Jarosław County.
Journal: Przegląd Geopolityczny
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 11
- Page Range: 21-36
- Page Count: 16
- Language: Polish