Adamy
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Adamy village, in Lwów Voivodeship
(1921–1939), in eastern Poland
, was one of hundreds of sites of mass killings during the wave of massacres of Poles in Volhynia
between 1942 and 1945, following the Nazi German and Soviet invasion of Poland
in 1939.
During the occupation, Ukrainian war criminal Dmitry Kupiak, nicknamed "Klei" meaning "glue", commanded a death squad
of local bandits engaged in mass murders of Polish citizens throughout the Lwów Voivodeship. In June 1944 Kupiak burned down all the 200 houses and massacred the entire population of the village, wiping it off the face of Earth.
Lwów Voivodeship
Lwów Voivodeship was an administrative unit of interwar Poland . According to Nazis and Soviets it ceased to exist in September 1939, following German and Soviet aggression on Poland . The Polish underground administration existed till August 1944.-Population:Its capital, biggest and most...
(1921–1939), in eastern Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, was one of hundreds of sites of mass killings during the wave of massacres of Poles in Volhynia
Massacres of Poles in Volhynia
The Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia were part of an ethnic cleansing operation carried out by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army West in the Nazi occupied regions of the Eastern Galicia , and UPA North in Volhynia , beginning in March 1943 and lasting until the end of...
between 1942 and 1945, following the Nazi German and Soviet invasion of Poland
Invasion of Poland (1939)
The Invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign or 1939 Defensive War in Poland and the Poland Campaign in Germany, was an invasion of Poland by Germany, the Soviet Union, and a small Slovak contingent that marked the start of World War II in Europe...
in 1939.
During the occupation, Ukrainian war criminal Dmitry Kupiak, nicknamed "Klei" meaning "glue", commanded a death squad
Death squad
A death squad is an armed military, police, insurgent, or terrorist squad that conducts extrajudicial killings, assassinations, and forced disappearances of persons as part of a war, insurgency or terror campaign...
of local bandits engaged in mass murders of Polish citizens throughout the Lwów Voivodeship. In June 1944 Kupiak burned down all the 200 houses and massacred the entire population of the village, wiping it off the face of Earth.