Exhumation of remains of Polish soldiers started in Lviv
On August 25, work began at Holoskiv Cemetery in Lviv to search for and exhume the remains of Polish soldiers who died in 1939, according to the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance (UINR).
On August 25, 2026, research commenced at Holoskiv Cemetery in Lviv to locate and exhum the remains of Polish soldiers who perished in 1939, according to the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance (UINR). This investigation is set to continue until October 2, 2026. The UINR announced the project on their website on Tuesday, detailing the collaboration between Ukrainian Memory, a limited liability company, and Polish specialists from Poland's Institute of National Remembrance and Wrocław Medical University.
The exhumation process is being carried out in compliance with agreements reached following the work of the Ukrainian-Polish Working Group on National Memory.
The Ukrainian Institute of National Memory, with funding, engaged Dolia, a Lviv Municipal Enterprise specializing in locating graves of individuals involved in the national liberation struggle and victims of wars, deportations, and political repression, to oversee the search operations. This collaboration follows previous investigations between 2019 and 2026 that revealed possible burial sites within the old Holoskiv Cemetery boundaries.
In September 1939, intense battles occurred in Lviv's suburbs, including the area surrounding the village of Holosko Velyke, which was then a separate village. Polish soldiers who fell in these battles were buried in a mass grave on the village cemetery grounds. In 1958, Holosko Velyke became incorporated into Lviv City.
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