Polish WWII massacre victims reburied in Ukraine at ceremony attended by officials from both countries
The 55 victims, half of whom were children, were among around 100,000 killed by Ukrainian nationalists.
A ceremony in Ukraine marked the reburial of 55 Polish victims of the 1943 Volhynia massacres, many of whom were children. The victims, whose bones showed evidence of brutal deaths, were exhumed during a recent search authorized by Ukraine. Officials from both countries attended the event, including Polish Culture Minister Marta Cienkowska and Ukrainian Deputy Culture Minister Ivan Verbytskyi.
The Volhynia massacres saw around 100,000 Poles killed by Ukrainian nationalist groups seeking to ethnically cleanse the region. Poland has long sought to commemorate the victims and bring justice to their families.
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