Honest History 8: The Volyn Tragedy (VIDEO)

It was one of the incidents of what is now known as the Volyn Tragedy — a series of mutual mass killings of thousands of Poles and Ukrainians in 1943. It is the most bitter episode in the history of Ukrainian-Polish relations, and likely the least studied one.

It is surrounded by myths and is widely used by politicians in Ukraine, Poland and also Russia to stir tensions between their peoples.

“War is war, but we should learn how to forgive,” Vaseiko, known locally as Grandma Shura, told the Kyiv Post. “But it’s still too hard for our people to start forgiving.”

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