Wierzchowiny massacre
Wierzchowiny massacre refers to the events in Wierzchowiny, the location of a massacre carried out on 6 June 1945 in which approximately 50–196 inhabitants of the village (mostly Ukrainian, but also Polish) were killed in an aura of considerable controversy. Incriminating documents, including the signature of the NSZ officer accused of being responsible for the murder, Mieczysław Pazderski "nom-de-guerre" "Szary" (1908–1945), were presented by the communist MBP secret service actively engaged in anti-partisan raids and extrajudicial killings. 

Pazderski was an avid anticommunist who commanded a partisan unit which used to liquidate Soviet agents (including Poles) in the region between October 1944 and May 1945. His unit of PAS NSZ was involved in the fight with the Ukrainian OUN-UPA during the massacres of Poles in Volhynia. The action in Wierzchowiny resulted from a death sentence issued by NSZ against 17 Ukrainian and 2 Polish men suspected of retaliatory murders. Mieczysław Pazderski stationed in Wierzchowiny with the retreating Polish Army in September 1939 and witnessed the killing of several Polish soldiers ambushed by the local Ukrainian men.
Q7999302
Wierzchowiny
LOC
Q569284
NSZ
ORG
None
Mieczysław Pazderski
UNK
Q61002
nom-de-guerre
Concept
Q1432024
MBP secret service
ORG
Q3352817
extrajudicial
Concept
Q737212
OUN-UPA
MEDIA
Q695020
massacres of Poles in Volhynia
EVE
Q9388694
Wierzchowiny massacre
Concept
1945-06-06T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
6 June 1945
DATE
1944-10-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
October 1944
DATE
1945-05-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
May 1945
DATE
1939-09-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
September 1939
DATE
+50^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
50
NUMBER
+196^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
196
NUMBER
+1908^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
1908
NUMBER
+1945^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
1945
NUMBER
+17^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
17
NUMBER
+2^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
2
NUMBER
location
participant
participant