President Karol Nawrocki will take part in ceremonies honoring the Poles murdered by the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) in the Eastern Borderlands of the Second Polish Republic. On Saturday, July 11, the head of state will visit the village of Radruż in southeastern Poland’s Subcarpathian Voivodeship, where he will pay tribute to the victims of the genocide and deliver a commemorative address.
According to the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland, the ceremony will begin at 1:00 p.m. on July 11 at the Radruż Church Complex, located in Lubaczów County, within the Horyniec-Zdrój municipality.
During the event, President Karol Nawrocki will honor the Polish victims of the genocide committed by the OUN and UPA in the eastern territories of the Second Polish Republic. The official program also includes an address by the President.
A Symbolic Date
July 11 marks the anniversary of the so-called Bloody Sunday – the deadliest day of the 1943 Volhynia Massacre. On that day, UPA units carried out coordinated attacks on dozens of Polish settlements in Volhynia, murdering thousands of civilians.
Since 2025, July 11 has been observed in Poland as the National Day of Remembrance for Poles – Victims of the Genocide Committed by the OUN and UPA in the Eastern Territories of the Second Polish Republic.