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Investigation in the Case of the Murder by Soviet Partisans of Koniuchy Inhabitants - wersja graficzna tekstu
Investigation in the case of the
murder by Soviet partisans of approximately 300 inhabitants of the village
called Koniuchy, county of Lida, the Nowogródzkie voivodship, on January 29th,
1944, was initiated on March 8th, 2001.
In the course of the investigation, in fulfilling the tasks of preparatory
proceedings as stipulated in article 297 of the Criminal Procedure Code and
article 45 point 3 of the law on the Institute of National Remembrance
Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation of December
18th, 1998, people who inhabited Koniuchy and neighbouring villages in 1944 were
found and interrogated as witnesses. The personal composition of the battalion 5
of 77 pp of the Home Army which operated in those years near Koniuchy was
determined and living soldiers members of the battalion were interrogated as
witnesses.
The current places of residence of former inhabitants of Koniuchy were found out
and proper requests for interrogation of these people were sent to the
Prosecutors Offices in Belarus, Lithuania and the Ministry of Justice in Canada.
The Prosecutors Offices in Belarus and Lithuania were also asked to send
archival documents from the collections of their national archives.
The Consul General of Poland in Montreal was asked to provide information on the
citizenship of two important witnesses who live in Canada.
Archival documents concerning the circumstances which are the subject of the
investigation have been searched for.
In the New Act Archives in Warsaw a classified situation report of February 5th,
1944 made in Riga by the Operational Unit of the Wehrmacht Ostland Commander was
disclosed. It informed about an action of the Soviet partisans in Koniuchy and
included, among others, a number of the killed and wounded.
A research in the Central Military Archives was ordained, however, in its course
no materials pertaining to the investigation were found.
From the Karta Centre information was acquired as pertains the Frycz
Diversion Unit of the Home Army whose members were partially recruited from
people who survived the pacification of Koniuchy.
The World Association of the Home Army Soldiers was also asked to send archival
materials in its possession.
An opinion of the Research and Expertise Unit of the Chief Commission for the
Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation was acquired which was made on
the basis of source materials and concerned the events under investigation.
The evidence pertaining to the case collected so far allowed for the
reconstruction of events which took place on January 29th, 1994 in Koniuchy. The
circumstances of the activities of partisan units subject to the Central
Headquarters of the Partisan Movement in Moscow have been determined.
Currently, the roles in the event of commanders of the partisan units as well as
of the units members whose names and pseudonyms were given by witnesses is
being determined.
In the course of activities by way of international legal assistance the
personal data of these people have been established. The ensuing lists of Soviet
partisans allow now to initiate activities which will determine which of these
people are still alive and where they live.
Some measures were taken as to procure a list the harmed people, however this
list is still incomplete and further activities are being conducted in this area.
Once the material requested by way of international legal assistance has been
available and the sources of evidence available in Poland have been exhausted, a
decision concerning further proceedings will be made.
At the present stage the date of the investigations closure cannot be
determined.
Prosecutor Robert Janicki
Chief Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation
Warsaw, August 5th, 2003
18 November 2003
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