Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 5:46 pm
Post subject: Vovkhivst
I am seeking information on events in the village of Vovkhivsti ((current Ukrainian name) near Borschiv, during WW2. When Poland was divided in 1939, the village contained 300 families, 40 of which were Polish, 15, Jewish, and the rest, Ukrainian. My relative, Myhailo Warwaruk, in 1939, was the manager of a Polish owned dairy farm. When the Soviets arrived in 1939, Myhailo was chosen to be village head. When the Germans arrived in 1941, he was kept on as village head, and also later when the Soviets returned in 1944. The 15 Jewish families were rounded up during the German rule, but Myhailo's wife and mother hid 1 Jewish woman and her son. In the late summer of 1945, Ukrainian insurgents (UPA) killed Myhailo. One of Myhailo's sons told me that his father was killed because he was in the process of getting the family's nationality changed to Polish so they could be moved to the west as part of Stalin's Ukrainian/Polish exchange. By the late 1940s, there were no Polish families left in Vovkhivsti.
Does anyone have any information about this village?
Larry Warwaruk
Saskatchewan, Canada
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Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2014 3:26 am
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Hello Larry,
Despite the tragic circumstances of your family story, you are very fortunate to have had it passed down to you! So few of us had this experience to hear first hand details of something so important that our family members experienced.
I do not know anything about your village, but I would suggest that you research the Jewish Genealogy websites.. Although their purpose is to record specific Jewish History, you will find quite detailed references to the daily goings on of the villages as well as recorded history of the incidents such as the story you have shared. At first I stayed away from the Jewish Genealogy sites, thinking they were not pertinent to my research. I was incorrect as their detailed attention to recording the history of so many villages was quite enlightening. I was able to find information on my village of Brzozow.
Good Luck in finding the information you are seeking,
MaryAnne
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