Polish MPs adopt resolution calling 1940s massacre genocide

Poland's parliament adopted on 22 July 2016 a resolution declaring 11 July a National Day of Remembrance of Victims of Genocide perpetrated by Ukrainian nationalists against Poles during the World War II.

Ukraine refused to recognise the crime as genocide and its president expressed his 'regret' over the decision, warning it could be used against his country.

• Primary Source

EurActiv, 22.07.16: Poland votes that WWII massacre by Ukraine was ‘genocide’ http://www.euractiv.com/section/europe-s-east/news/poland-votes-that-wwii-massacre-by-ukraine-was-genocide/

openDemocracy, 16.11.16: Clash of victimhoods: the Volhynia Massacre in Polish and Ukrainian memory https://www.opendemocracy.net/od-russia/andrii-portnov/clash-of-victimhood-1943-volhynian-massacre-in-polish-and-ukrainian-culture

Wikipedia: Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacres_of_Poles_in_Volhynia_and_Eastern_Galicia

Poland: Institute of National Remembrance: Volhynian massacre 1943 http://www.volhyniamassacre.eu/

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