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Exhumation of UPA fighters in Poland. Place indicated and date given
– The Ukrainian side will start exploration and exhumation work in Poland on 30 September – stated Deputy Minister of Culture of Ukraine Andrij Najos at a press conference on Thursday. He reported that the search would be conducted in the village of Jurkovo in Podkarpacie, where – according to Ukrainian historians – there would be a grave of militants of the Ukrainian Insurgency Army (UPA).
– The journey was scheduled for September 29. We're talking approximate dates. The Polish side agreed to start the works on 30 September – said Najos.
Exhumation of UPA fighters in Poland. approval to work in respective places
He said that the Ukrainian side notified the Polish side, which land in the forest it wants to investigate. There's an old stone cross on it. It is simply a clue for us, although it is not known whether it is there collective grave – he noted.
According to his words, the first phase of the work is expected to remove the advanced layer of the ground. It may besides be essential to cut down trees, which will require the approval of local authorities.
Najos said preliminary data – based on research Ukrainian historians – indicate that village of Jurkovo in Podkarpackie Voivodeship There are remains of about 20 Ukrainian insurgent Army (UPA) fighters.
Najos added that the Polish side agreed to investigation and exhumation works in 4 placesBut in fact there could be more.
Polish Institute of National Memory (IPN) published in June of that year preliminary approval of the Ukrainian organization to carry out exploration and exhumation work in Jurkokova, located in Podkarpackie Voivodeship.
This decision was confirmed by the then spokesperson of the IPN, Dr. Rafał Leśkiewicz in a conversation with the Polish Press Agency. The work to begin early in the fall of 2025, financed by Ukraine It's about the search for the UPA members' graves.
The agreement to work in this town is 1 of 3 applications from Ukraine – the others concern Elastic close Hrubieszov and a cemetery in Przemyśl.
Ukrainian IPN for Exhumation Dialogue
Director of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory Alexander Alfiorov supported Restoration of works by the Polish-Ukrainian past Forum and further make dialog on exhumation issues.
“During the interview in Polish Radio Rzeszów emphasized the importance of cooperation between Poland and Ukraine in countering Russian aggression, and besides supported the request to resume the work of the Polish-Ukrainian Forum of Historians and further bilateral cooperation on exhumation and burial“ – it was written on Thursday in a communication on the website of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory after a working visit of Alfiorov to Poland.
Head of Ukrainian IPN stayed in Przemyśl where he visited Ukrainian home and Ukrainian Library. In the Piculica close Przemysł Alfiorov laid flowers at the Ukrainian war cemetery, who are buried, among others, soldiers of the army of the Ukrainian People's Republic.
The Polish-Ukrainian Historian Forum, which is simply a platform for meetings between researchers from the Institutes of National Memory of both countries, operated in 2015-2017. As part of the work, five meetings in Poland and Ukraine.
