Work will take place in three former Polish villages where residents were massacred by Ukrainian nationalists.
Work will take place in three former Polish villages where residents were massacred by Ukrainian nationalists.
Over 100 Poles were killed by Ukrainian nationalists in the village of Ugły in 1943 as part of the broader Volhynia massacres.
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The massacres in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia – and the remains of victims – have long been a source of tension between Poland and Ukraine.
Some 83% of Ukrainians surveyed have a good or very good opinion of Poles.
Around 100,000 Poles were killed in an ethnic cleansing operation led by Ukrainian nationalists between 1943 and 1945.
Daniel Tilles
Daniel Tilles discusses the Wołyń massacres, the subject of a new film, and how they remain an obstacle to cordial Polish-Ukrainian relations.