Remains of Ukrainians killed in 1944 attack by Polish Home Army found in Poland – photos
A Ukrainian expedition has discovered around 30 sets of human remains belonging to Ukrainians killed in the village of Łasków in Poland. The remains were found in individual and mass graves at an Orthodox cemetery. Residents of Łasków were killed in an attack by units of the Polish Home Army (Armia Krajowa) and Peasants' Battalions in March 1944.
Source: Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance on Facebook
Details: The expedition is being conducted in the Lublin Voivodeship with the permission of the Polish authorities as part of the implementation of agreements reached by the Ukrainian-Polish Working Group on Matters of Dignified Burial.
Search operations are underway in Łasków based on historical records of the mass killing of Ukrainians on 10 March 1944. Historians estimate that more than 300 people were killed at the time.
Experts from Ukraine and Poland have so far established information about 327 residents of Łasków who were killed. However, some historians believe the death toll was higher, at around 350. Further research is expected to establish the number of victims.
"The preliminary findings confirm accounts given by former residents of Łasków who managed to survive the horrific events of March 1944. We plan to continue searching for burial sites, with the next stage involving exhumations, the reburial of the victims and a dignified commemoration of their memory," said the head of the Dolia municipal company, which is conducting the work in Łasków.
This is the second expedition by Ukrainian experts to Poland since a lengthy break that began in 2016. The last similar work, during which human remains were discovered, took place that year. The expeditions resumed in autumn 2025 in the village of Jureczkowa.
Background: Earlier, a search for the remains of Polish Army soldiers who died in September 1939 during a battle with the German Wehrmacht was completed at the old Holoskiv Cemetery in Lviv. The search uncovered 113 complete sets of remains of Polish Army soldiers, as well as the remains of 17 Wehrmacht servicemen.
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