Poland and Russia have been locked in a bitter war of words over who to blame for the killings of an estimated 100,000 Poles during World War II.
The deaths known as the ‘Volyn massacre’ in Poland and the ‘Volyn Tragedy’ in Ukraine and Russia is one of the many tragedies endured by Poland in World War II, though details about the deaths remain contentious. The brutal killings of ethnic Poles at the hands of Ukrainian nationalist groups between 1943 and 1944 in Poland’s then-border region of Volyn, is one of the most difficult chapters of Poland and Ukraine history. The …read more
Source: Newsweek
