Józef Biss
Pawłokoma massacre
### Pawłokoma massacre

On March 3, 1945, Biss' unit carried out a [massacre of Ukrainian civilians](/wiki/Paw%C5%82okoma_massacre "Pawłokoma massacre") in the village of [Pawłokoma](/wiki/Paw%C5%82okoma "Pawłokoma"), in today's [Subcarpathian Voivodship](/wiki/Subcarpathian_Voivodeship "Subcarpathian Voivodeship"), [Poland](/wiki/Poland "Poland"). The reason for this attack is rather unknown but could include increased animosity between Ukrainians and Poles, a will to revenge the kidnapping and murder of seven Poles in the village, who were thought to be executed by the [Ukrainian Insurgent Army](/wiki/Ukrainian_Insurgent_Army "Ukrainian Insurgent Army") (UPA) soldiers, or a premeditated operation aimed at destroying the village and getting rid of the local Ukrainian population, a version endorsed by Eugeniusz Misiło. Estimates of the number of victims vary from 80 to 500 Ukrainian civilians.


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