The investigation into the case of murdering approximately 300 inhabitants of the Koniuchy village (Nowogródzkie province) on January 29, 1944 began on March 8, 2001.With accordance to the law on the Institute of National Remembrance, people who inhabited Koniuchy and neighbouring villages in 1944 were found and interrogated as witnesses.The members of the Home Army battalion which operated in those years near Koniuchy were identified and interrogated as witnesses. The current places of residence of former inhabitants of Koniuchy were found  and proper requests for interrogation of these people were sent to the Prosecutor's Offices in Belarus, Lithuania and the Ministry of Justice in Canada.The Prosecutor's 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 lived in Canada.

Also the archival documents concerning the circumstances which are the subject of the investigation have been sought for. In the new Archives in Warsaw a classified situation report of February 5, 1944 was disclosed. It was made in Riga by the Operational Unit of the Wehrmacht Ostland Commander. 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 materialsrelevant to the investigation were found.

The 'Karta' Centre submitted information regarding 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 any relevant archival materials. 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 collected so far allowed the reconstruction of events which took place on January 29, 1994 in Koniuchy.

The circumstances of the activities of the partisan units subject to the Central Headquarters of the Partisan Movement in Moscow have been identified. In 2003 the roles of commanders and the members of the unit are identified. Their names and pseudonyms were given by the witnesses and owing to international legal assistance the personal data of these people have been established. The ensuing lists of Soviet partisans allowed to initiate activities which would determine which of these people were still alive and where they lived. 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 through international legal assistance is 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 investigation's closure cannot be determined.

Warsaw, August 5, 2003