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A plaque commemorating the crime committed on Polish citizens by the OUN-UPA listing the disguise

Defense of the Przebraża - defensive battles in the village of Przebrzych belonging to the Troposaniec group, in the Łuckie district,

Place

Currently in Ukraine under the changed name - Hajowe (uk. Гайове).

The village is located 6 km south of Trojnica, 20 km northeast of Łuck. It bordered on the west with the Old Człowiec (now Człowie), from the south-west with Jezierami (now Ozero), from the north with the Mosty, from the east with Majdan Jezierskie and Cholopinami. The wetlands, diversified with numerous peat bogs, from the south-east by the Warchańskie Mts. To the west of the village flows the river Konopielka (Konopla). There are forests around. Background of events

During the Volhynia massacre, a wave of murders on the Polish population gradually moved from east to west. In May 1943 the group of Ukrainian Uprising Army (UPA) murdered the population of 68 Polish villages, all the gentlemen's courts in the Kowale district burned down. In June, seizures occurred in 78 villages. The Army of Poland was surprised by the development of the accident. The district of Volhynia, subordinated directly to the Headquarters of the Home Army, had a skeleton construction, without guerrilla units in the area. The last was founded in July 1943 on the basis of conspiracy and self-defense of such towns as Rozyszcze, Antonówka, Rafałówka, Bielin, Sienkiewiczówka and Przebraże. In 1944 they became the core of the 27th Volhynian Infantry Division AK. Separate articles: Volyn slaughter, Polish self-defense in Volhynia and 27 Volynian Infantry Division. Defense organization

In Przebrażu self-defense was spontaneously formed in March 1943 under the influence of reports of increasing murders on the Polish population by Ukrainian nationalists. Initially, the unit to defend the colony in the event of a robbery was 25-30 men. In the villages around Przebraża, various battle groups, detectors and guards were formed in the villages of several dozen or so. Initially their weapons were scythes and spades. Later, the Germans were asked to give the village a weapon "to defend the population from forest gangs". Obtained consent allowed to create the appearance of legality for the possession of defenders Przebraża all other firearms. This was accomplished in various ways - buying from the Germans and Hungarians, or dug up on battlefields. In Przembrza there was a gunpowder shop where Sten guns were manufactured and repaired damaged, often armed weapons. Of the Soviet wrecks tanks were removed and adjusted to the battle two parcels of 45 mm.

In April 1943, Henryk Cybulski, PS, was appointed as a military self-defense commander. Harry. The former civilian commander of self-defense and the chairman of the local government was former legionnaire Ludwik Malinowski. The new command has made a number of organizational changes to improve the defense system. The surrounding villages included Cholopiny, Jaźwiny, Mosty, Wydranka and Zagajnik, including the protection of a total of about 2 thousand. permanent residents. The defensive line was surrounded by trenches reinforced with machine gun jacks and barbed wire. The South, not fortified side, insured separate self-defense in Rafałówka and Komarówka and swamp.

The self-defense division, which originally consisted of four platoons, grew to four companies in the early summer of 1943. It was organized in a military style - the self-defense soldiers were squatting, they did not eat in their own homes, but used the field kitchen.

Since the spring of 1943 the number of people living in Przebrażu has constantly increased with the escaping.

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