Poland grants Ukraine permission to conduct search operations in the Chełm region
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The Ukrainian Memorial and Search Center "Doly" has received permission from Poland to conduct search operations in the village of Laskiv, in the Lublin Voivodeship—at the site of the probable burial of Ukrainian civilians killed in March 1944.
This was announced by Ivan Verbytskyi, First Deputy Minister of Culture of Ukraine.
The search operations, commissioned by the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance, will be conducted by the “Dolia” Memorial and Search Center. Permission was granted on September 1, and details of the upcoming work are currently being finalized.
The granting of the permit is the result of agreements reached by the Ukrainian-Polish working group on dignified burials, which operates at the initiative of the ministries of culture of both countries
Ivan VerbytskyFirst Deputy Minister of Culture
The work involves conducting search operations in the village of Laskiv in Kholmshchyna (now Lublin Voivodeship, Poland), where the graves of Ukrainian civilians killed during World War II may be located.
Background
The tragedy in Laskiv took place on March 10, 1944. The Polish underground unit “Peasant Battalions,” together with a Home Army battalion, attacked the Ukrainian village.
According to various estimates, more than 330 Ukrainians were killed, including women, children, and the elderly. Among those killed was Orthodox priest Lev Korobchuk.
As a reminder, search and exhumation work began on August 25 in Lviv at the site of the old Holosko Cemetery. The goal of the work is to locate, exhume, and subsequently reburial the remains of Polish Army soldiers who died in September 1939.
In addition, Ukraine and Poland have completed the exhumation of victims of the Volhynia tragedy in two villages—Ostrivky and Volia Ostrovetska.
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Olga Shendetska news feed editor
All materialsShe studied at Tavria State University. She has been working in journalism since 2019. She worked for the Israeli publication "Cursor" and as an editor for the financial website Traders Union.