Crushing the UPA in the Former Kresy: The Polish Role
The Soviet Counterinsurgency in the Western Borderlands, by Alexander Statiev. 2010. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, New York
Crushing the UPA in the Former Kresy: Soviet Tactics and Polish Involvement The author is a Russian historian currently at the University of Waterloo in Canada. In this review, I focus on Soviet… Read moreUkrainians Unrepentant: Do Not Forgive Them! Detailed Village-By-Village Catalogue of the Ukrainian UPA Genocide of Poles of the Stanislawow Voivodship. Poles Forced Into Soviet-Approved UPA-Fighting Militia (Istriebitielne Bataliony: Strebki). Siekierka, Komanski, Rozanski
Ludobojstwo Dokonane Przez Nacjonalistow Ukrainskich Na Polakach W Wojewodztwie Stanislawowskim 1939-1946, by Szczepan Siekierka, Henryk Komanski, and Eugeniusz Rozanski. 2008. Wroclaw
The Istriebitielne Bataliony: A Forced Answer to the OUN-UPA Genocide of Poles in the Southeastern Part of Eastern Galicia: A Comprehensive Work THE GENOCIDE CONDUCTED BY THE UKRAINIAN NATIONALISTS… Read moreUkrainians Not Oppressed by Poles. Jews Remained Overrepresented in Polish Universities. Paprocki
Minority Affairs and Poland, by Stanislaw J. Paprocki. 1935
"Ukrainians Oppressed in Poland" Soundly Debunked. Despite NUMERUS CLAUSUS, Jews Still Overrepresented at Polish Universities This work surveys Jews, Ukrainians, Germans, Muslim-Tartars, Karaites, Russians, and others. The most interesting details are on the Ukrainians. The facts on Ukrainian cultural growth… Read moreUkrainians in Poland: The Facts. Ukrainians Not Oppressed by Poles. Felinski
Ukrainians in Poland, by M. Felinski. 1931
Population Statistics. Ruthenian Nonsynonymous With Ukrainians. Austrian-Driven 1918 Polish-Ukrainian War. Bilingual Schools Much of what is published in the West on this subject is slanted towards a Ukrainian nationalist-separatist pan-Ukrainian view. This book provides somewhat of a counterbalance. However, it is no… Read moreJews Not Nobility Exploited Peasants. Khmelnytsky Uprising Provoked by Jews. Graetz
History of the Jews, Vol. V (in Six Volumes): From the Chmielnicki Persecution of the Jews in Poland (1648 C.E.) to the Period of Emancipation, by Heinrich Graetz, Bella Lowy (Editor). 1895
The Truth About Jews and the Khmelnytsky Uprising (1648-1657). Do Not Blame Everything on the Polish Nobility!… Read moreUkrainian UPA Genocide of Poles: Apologists Debunked. Filar
Wołyń 1939-1944. Historia, pamięć, pojednanie, by Władysław Filar. 2009. RYTM, Warszawa
The OUN-UPA Genocide of the Poles of Wolyn (Volhynia): All the Canned Exculpations Examined and Refuted Nowadays, the WWII Ukrainian genocide of the Poles has finally gotten some belated attention, while some commentators have insisted that Poles "forget about… Read morePogroms in Ukraine in 1919: False Equivalence With the Later Nazis. Non-Jewish Victims of Pogroms Ignored: The Forgotten Mennonites. Khmelnytsky Uprising Provoked by Jews. 1918 Polish-Ukrainian War. Abramson
A Prayer for the Government: Ukrainians and Jews in Revolutionary Times, 1917-1920, by Henry Abramson. 1999. Harvard University Press, Massachusetts
Pogroms in Ukraine: The Mutuality of Violence Between Jews and Ukrainians The 1919 pogroms are increasingly mystified and folded into the later German-made Holocaust. This falsely conflates Ukrainian conduct with… Read moreUkrainian UPA Genocide of Poles: English Language. DEFINITIVE WORK. Piotrowski
Genocide and Rescue in Wolyn, by Tadeusz Piotrowski. 2008
The Best English-Language Work on the OUN-UPA Genocide of the Poles of Volhynia (Wolyn, Volyn) During WWII Scholar Tadeusz Piotrowski's work remains the best-known English language work on this sordid crime. In view of the fact that the UPA butchers are… Read moreEthnographic Boundaries Poland: Phony Indignation. Anti-Polish Errors Repeated. Kochanski
The Eagle Unbowed: Poland and the Poles in the Second World War, by Halik Kochanski. 2012
The Phony Indignation About Pre-WWII Poland Lacking Ethnographic Boundaries. A Detailed Broad-Based Analysis of Poles and Poland During WWII--Marred by Major Inaccuracies The author, Halik Kochanski, is a Briton born to Polish parents. She… Read moreUkrainian UPA Genocide of Poles: Apologists Soundly Debunked. Poliszczuk (Polishchuk)
Falszowanie Historii Najnowszej Ukrainy: Wolyn 1943 i Jego Znaczenie. 1996.
All Exculpations for the Ukrainian (OUN-UPA) Genocide of Poles Are Completely Demolished THE FALSIFICATION OF HISTORY BY MODERN UKRAINE: VOLYN 1943 AND ITS MEANING, is the title of this Polish-language book. Ukrainian author Poliszczuk (Polishchuk) shows how, ever since the… Read moreMassive Ukrainian Holocaust Complicity. Ukrainian UPA Genocide of Poles. Ukrainians Helped Germans Suppress Warsaw Uprising. Machiavelli: Why Jews Hate Poles More Than Jews Hate Germans. Archives Not Privileged. Himka
Ukrainian Nationalists and the Holocaust, by John-Paul Himka. 2021. Ibidem-Verlag, Stuttgart
Machiavelli Applied to Poles as the Polemical Targets of Ukrainians and Jews. OUN's Genocidal Ideology and Practice This work, by a noted Canadian-Ukrainian historian, is a comprehensive study of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN). The term "nationalist", as… Read moreClarifies the 1920 Poles “Seizure” of Vilnius (Wilno). Ukrainian UPA Genocide of Poles Was Preplanned, and Derived From the OUN’s Genocidal Ideology. Polish Deportees to Siberia Understated. Snyder
The Reconstruction of Nations: Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus 1569-1999, by Timothy Snyder. 2003. Yale University Press, New Haven and London
Timothy Snyder: Some Kresy-Related Events Involving Poland The author, a historian, discusses many topics. I focus on some of his more insightful comments. POLAND HAD A RIGHT TO VILNIUS (WILNO,… Read moreDetailed Village-By-Village Catalogue of the Ukrainian UPA Genocide of Poles of the Lwow Voivodship. Ukrainians Not Oppressed by Poles. Church-Ownership Conflicts. Pawlokoma Truth. Siekierka, Komanski, Bulzacki
Ludobojstwo Dokonane Przez Nacjonalistow Ukrainskich Na Polakach W Wojewodztwie Lwowskim 1939-1947, by Szczepan Siekierka, Henryk Komanski, and Krzysztof Bulzacki. 2006. Wroclaw
Lwow Voivodship: OUN-UPA Genocide of Poles in the Western Part of Eastern Galicia: A Comprehensive Work THE GENOCIDE CONDUCTED BY THE UKRAINIAN NATIONALISTS AGAINST POLES IN THE LWOW VOIVODSHIP,… Read moreUkrainian UPA Genocide of Poles Was a Fulfillment of Long-Preexisting Exterminationist Ukrainian Ideology, Not Some Mythical “Polish-Ukrainian War”. Rossolinski-Liebe
The Fascist Kernel of Ukrainian Genocidal Nationalism, by Grzegorz Rossolinski-Liebe. 2015. Carl Beck Papers No. 2402
Rossolinski-Lieb: Premeditated and Preplanned Ukrainian Genocide on Non-Ukrainians Nowadays, the WWII OUN-UPA genocide of Poles is often whitewashed as "a Polish-Ukrainian war", a "fratricidal conflict", or an unavoidable reaction to the so-called "Polish oppression… Read moreDetailed Village-By-Village Catalogue of the Ukrainian UPA Genocide of Poles of the Tarnopol Voivodship. Komanski and Siekierka
Ludobojstwo Dokonane Przez Nacjonalistow Ukrainskich Na Polakach W Wojewodztwie Tarnopolskim 1939-1946, by Henryk Komanski and Szczepan Siekierka. 2006. Wroclaw
Encyclopedia of the OUN-UPA Genocide of the Jews and Poles of Tarnopol (Ternopil) Voivodship This comprehensive work follows a county-by-county, village-by-village format, giving a summary of local events from 1939-1946. Based… Read moreUkrainians Not Oppressed by Poles. Osadniks. Bilingual Education Was Not Polonization. Devereux
Poland Reborn, by Roy Devereux. 1922. Chapman and Hall, London
The False Ukrainian Complaints About the New Polish State: Some Specifics My review is based on the original 1922 edition. The author had extensive firsthand familiarity with Poland in general and eastern Galicia in particular. (p. 80). [Roy Devereux was… Read moreUkrainian UPA Genocide of Poles Only On Ukrainian Ethnographic Lands: A Myth. Jastrzebski
Ludobojstwo Nacjonalistow Na Polakach Lubelszczyznie W Latach 1939-1947, by Stanislaw Jastrzebski. 2007
The OUN-UPA Genocide in Post-WWII Poland, Operation Wisla, and the Myth of THE Genocide Driven By "Rightful Ukrainian Ethnographic Territories" Title: THE GENOCIDE CONDUCTED BY THE UKRAINIAN NATIONALISTS ON THE POLES OF THE LUBLIN REGION IN 1939-1947. Consider… Read moreUkrainian UPA Genocide of Poles. Stepanska Huta. Piotrowski
Krwawe Zniwa, by Czeslaw Piotrowski. 1995
The Ukrainian OUN-UPA Genocide of Volhynian Poles. Fall of Stepanska Huta. Decades-Later Visits BLOODY HARVESTS BEYOND THE STYR, HORYN, AND SLUCZ RIVERS is the title of this Polish-language book (Review based on 2nd edition, 2004). It describes the unfolding WWII Ukrainian fascist-separatist OUN-UPA… Read moreUkrainian UPA Genocide of Poles: Non-Polish Historian Refutes Ukrainian Deniers. Jew Killing: Context of Postwar Lawlessness. Vardy and Tooley
Ethnic Cleansing in Twentieth-Century Europe, by S. B. Vardy and T. H. Tooley (eds.) 2003. Eastern European Monographs, Columbia University, New York
Ukrainian Deniers Refuted: The WWII Ukrainian-Fascist OUN-UPA Genocide of Poles: An Inescapable Fact This extensive anthology is broad-based, with chapters on many different acts of ethnic cleansing and… Read moreHolocaust and Polokaust: Victimhood Competition Temporary Truce. Ukrainian UPA Genocide of Poles. Auerbacher and Gilbride
Children of Terror, by Inge Auerbacher, Bozenna Urbanowicz Gilbride. 2009. iUniverse, Indiana
A Rarity: Victimhood Competition Truce: Juxtaposed Polish and Jewish Suffering Without Obvious Jewish Objections This book is unusual in that it juxtaposes the German Nazi-related sufferings of a Pole with that of a Jew. There was an… Read moreUkrainian UPA Genocide of Poles in No Sense Equivalent to Operation Wisla. “Ukrainian Ethnographic Territories” Myth. Zurek
UPA w Bieszczadach: Straty Ludności Polskiej Poniesione z Rak Ukraińskich w Bieszczadach w Latach 1939-1947, by Stanisław Zurek. 2007
Do Not Relativize Operation Wisla With the Earlier OUN-UPA Genocide of Over 100,000 Poles! Title: THE UPA IN THE BIESZCZADY MOUNTAINS. This scholarly book traces the course of the Ukrainian fascist-separatist… Read moreWe Refuse to Let the Ukrainian UPA Genocide of Poles Be Forgotten or Whitewashed! SUOZUN Activism. Siekerka and Siekierka
Przywracanie Pamieci: Stowarzyszenie Upamietniania Ofiar Zbrodni Ukrainskich Nacjonalistow w latach 1990-2018, by Szczepan Siekerka and Michal Siekierka. 2019. Wroclaw
SUOZUN: Organized Remembrance of the Ukrainian OUN-UPA Genocide of Poles That Was Conducted in 1939-1947 RECOVERY OF MEMORY: THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE COMMEMORATION OF THE VICTIMS OF THE CRIMES OF UKRAINIAN… Read moreUkrainian-Jewish Dialogue? Khmelnytsky Uprising Provoked by Jews. Olga Tokarczuk Wrong. Ukrainians Not Oppressed by Poles. Teller
Rescuing the Surviving Souls: The Great Refugee Crisis of the Seventeenth Century, by Adam Teller. 2020. Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford
Ukrainian-Jewish Dialogue. At Least Partial Jewish Blame for the Khmelnytsky Revolt. Cossack Intransigence In today's Ukrainian-Jewish dialogue, Jews wash themselves of responsibility for the Khmelnytsky Revolt, and portray… Read morePolish Antisemitism: Limited and Rational. Jewish Overcrowding. Ukrainians Not Oppressed by Poles. Konopczynski
A Brief Outline of Polish History: Polish Encyclopedic Publications, by Ladislas Konopczynski, Francis Benett (Translator). 1920
Russian-Made Litvak Problem, and Jewish Separatism, Drove Polish Anti-Semitism. Exceptionally Detailed on the Foreign Rule Over Partitioned Poland, Ukrainian-Polish Relations The content of this book (review based on original, 2nd edition, published in 1920)… Read moreDetailed Village-By-Village Catalogue of the Ukrainian UPA Genocide of Poles of the Wolyn (Volyn) Voivodship: DEFINITIVE WORK. Siemaszko and Siemaszko
Ludobójstwo dokonane przez nacjonalistów ukraińskich na ludności polskiej Wołynia 1939-1945, by Władysław Siemaszko and Ewa Siemaszko. 2002
A Magisterial Work That Details the OUN-UPA Genocide of the Poles of Wolyn (Volhynia, Volyn) Under the German Occupation During WWII Title: The Genocide Conducted by Ukrainian Nationalists on the Polish population of… Read moreUkrainian UPA Genocide of Poles. Volyn Today. Siemaszko
Wolyn Naszych Przodkow, by Ewa Siemaszko. 2010?
Poland's Jews are Not the Only Vanished Communities! The Poles of Wolyn (Volyn, Volhynia) Are a Forgotten Vanished Community. The Ukrainian OUN-UPA Genocide of Poles, the Teheran/Yalta Acquiesed Soviet Confiscation of the Kresy, and the Soviet-Directed Expulsions of Poles Title: VOLYN OF OUR… Read moreKresy Prehistory. Bug Dniester Not Eternally Ukrainian. Anthony
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World, by David W. Anthony. 2007
Includes Details on the Prehistory of Eastern Europe: Bug-Dniester Not Eternally Ukrainian The author repudiates attempts to misuse the study of prehistory in order to make territorial claims.… Read morePolish Nobility: The Kresy Polish Landlord Myth. Ukrainians Not Oppressed by Poles. Zoltowski
Border of Europe, by Adam Zoltowski. 1950
Polish Nobility Landlords Half-Truth. Early Eastern Galician Ukrainian Separatism. Minorities Treaty Special Separatist Rights For Jews This work provides a good deal of information about Poland's eastern half, which was confiscated by the Soviet Union in 1939 (and reaffirmed in 1944). Zoltowski discusses… Read moreUkrainians Not Oppressed by Poles. Persistent Ukrainian Backwardness Long Predated Polish Rule. Lutoslawski
The Ruthenian Question in Galicia, by Wincenty Lutoslawski, Stanislaw Stronski, Eugeniusz Romer. 1919, 2011
Well-Substantiated Facts: Ukrainian Backwardness; Proofs of Austrian-German (Then Soviet) Intrigue in Turning Ukrainians Against Poles; OUN-UPA Genocide Implicitly Prophesied! This short book (review based on original 1919 edition) is packed with information. Far from being some… Read moreUkrainians Not Oppressed by Poles. Kresy History. Peasant National Consciousness. Ukrainian Separatism Very Recent. Edwards
The Polish Captivity, Vol. 2 of 2: An Account of the Present Position of the Poles in the Kingdom of Poland, and in the Polish Provinces of Austria, Prussia, and Russia (Classic Reprint), by Henry Sutherland Edwards. 1863, 2015
A Fascinating Briton's Observations in 1860's Partitioned Poland. Poles Did… Read moreUkrainians Not Oppressed by Poles. Polish Pacification Analyzed. Putin Wrong on German-Polish Alliance. Snyder
Sketches From a Secret War: A Polish Artist's Mission to Liberate Soviet Ukraine, by Timothy Snyder. 2005
Henryk Jozewski. Ukrainians Had It Bad in Poland Myth: The Many Ways That Poland Benefitted Ukrainians. OUN Separatism, and Planned Genocide, and the Necessary Polish Pacification Response The life of Henryk Jozewski spanned… Read moreUkrainians Not Oppressed by Poles. It Was the Poles That Built Eastern Galicia. Skrzypek
The Problem of Eastern Galicia, by Stanislaw Skrzypek. 1948
The Myth That Ukrainians Had it Bad in Interwar Poland (1918-1939): Fascinating Facts Nowadays, Poland's onetime possession of the Kresy is portrayed as something intrinsically unworkable that was inevitably doomed to failure. This book features seldom-told corrective information: THE ANCIENT… Read moreUkrainian UPA Genocide of Poles. Ukrainians Not Oppressed by Poles. Poles and Not Only Jews Lost Property. Polish Blue Police. Cemeteries: Not Only Jewish Ones Desecrated. Kulinska. Szymanski
Children of the Borderlands, by Lucyna Kulinska. 2006, 2019 (Translated by Paul Szymanski)
Many Personal Recollections of Genocide: The Harrowing Experiences of Kresy Poles During the Ukrainian OUN-UPA Genocide. Under Communism, Poles and Not Only Jews Were Plundered This book is a comprehensive collection of testimonies by Poles who, mostly… Read moreTo see a series of reviews in a Category click on that Category:
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