City ​​Komarno

70 years ago , in June 1941 , in Western Ukraine began bloodiest wave of Bolshevik repression. People were tortured , not only for what they perceived Bolshevik power and hide their Ukrainian identity or were members of the Ukrainian community or sporting organizations, but instead that fell under the hot hand or just did not like the angry and frightened NKVedystu that is something that just were Ukrainian . Do not omitted these horrors and Komarne . The fact that this happened in the June days in Lviv Komarni journal " Ukrainian Daily News" among the number 7 on July 13, 1941 , entitled " Komarno.Nashi loss Komarni " wrote : " Jewish- Bolshevik pack of passed right in their scores on Ukrainian community and Komarne . Here tortured and cruelly tortured : I. Zderko Nicholas, a high school teacher in Komarni 2. Radovic Dmitry gymnasium absolvent 3. Sorokivskyy Andrew, shoemaker in Komarni 4. Lenets Michael , 5. Lenets Grynko 6. Hubychi Michael , the owner .

    There is no vistok a number of people arrested Bolsheviks , and c and. and of: Lishchynskyy Michael inspector Komarnivskoho school district; Pelenski Yarema, Pelenski Michael. "

    " The victims of Bolshevik terror Komarni " published a more detailed description of the bloody Bolshevik orgy. " The 7 including our journal we submitted a list of some tortured citizens Komarni . Now we get more information about what the hell that he endured Ukrainian Komarne . Prison in Komarni is in the middle of town, near the court, opposite the church of St.. Peter and Paul. Already during the war , one night, the neighbors heard screams in prison , but under threat of death, no one dared to look out into the yard. Once midnight came the Germans , people on Monday , June thirty , dawn , found in the courtyard of the prison a fresh grave dug its Jews . In the tomb were 23 corpses, but such zmasakrovani that only clothes and shoes 6 families recognize their closest , which individually buried.

    Among the recognized teacher Nicholas Zderko povykolyuvani had scorched eyes and head, black as the main . Absolvent school Dmitry Radovic (known from the silent persistence ) had one foot bare and scorched , and leather sole rolled up unto the calf . This one-way obnazhenyy also prypikanyy , had also broken the nether cheek. Took it to the last minute trick. Told him on Wednesday June 25 card spread to suburbs to the next day morning, left the carts , and ordered to come then give an account . Went to this report , and never returned.

    After shoemaker Andrew Sorokivskyy lying separately unburied in a strange position. He probably told to dig himself a grave . He half lying , half standing waist-deep in a hole . A rash word for perish . Nadletiv German plane and he's on the market as of himself, said: " Lucky Bolsheviks breakfast ." This two zhydenyat heard , no one else .

Tortured them all night from Thursday to Friday, and at the latest from Friday to Saturday. "

There, in particular , can be read : " Day June 26, 1941 morning, at about h . 3rd silent voices mordovanyh and last bang NKVD. At the prison vonyav frantically terrible sopuh pomordovanyh NKVD- ystamy in zvirskyy method bodies arrested persons . By coming to Komarne German army zhlyadno Slovak military unit crowd of local people at once with their families arrested and pomordovanyh NKVD- ystamy persons broke into the court house and court to prison where caught a terrible image , compared with yaknm Danteyske hell no . The people saw that everything survived the terrible moments amidst incredible sopuhu . Not all body pomordovanyh bolshovytskymy executioners were buried in the ground , and let us not forget that it was the last day of the month of June. Approved that the NKVD- ysty polomyly victims of torture feet had brought their ships nails. All arrested were connected with barbed wire for zaterttya a bloody crime NKVD- ysty body pomordovanyh poured petrol and set fire to them with acts of judgment and buried in the prison yard . Some prisoners living NKVD- ysty rozstsrilyuvaly among the roar of cars. After the death of Prof. , M. Zderka executioners finished off his ax, he broke a cheek and nose. Approved that this atrocity wrought farmer from the village Bereztsya b. Komarne that was firman of the NKVD, as well as the NKVD- ysty Abaza, Lozovyy and two local Jews , informers , James Freedman and Graf.

    M. Zderko murdered before his death left a terrible proof of the crime bills are hid in prison rooms ( with ), and giving the names pomordovanyh , wrote the words : "... we murder the innocent , now shot, forgive ..." Caption: M Zderko .

    In addition to the stables ( shed for storing ) found buried in the ground in the prison dress pomordovanyh area where people are beaten , I FOUND later one pair of shoes specially stuffed with nails and stuck knives and bloody gloves that cut zatyahav torture at the hands . Residue postyahano pomordovanyh skin of the hands . "

    For perpetuated the memory of those murdered in 1942 Komarne congregation built a monument on which the names of the victims stamped (descriptions set forth verbatim):

Karabyn Peter lit.37 Tatar.

Grynyshyn Grynko lit.27 Horzhanna Val .

Daniltsa Fevronia lit.18 Novosilky brew .

Derevianko Anastasia lit.29 Verbizh

Sorokivskyy Andrew lit.35 shoemaker Komarno

Radovic Nicholas lit.31 stud. univ . Komarno

Zderko Nicholas lit.42 prof. fil . Komarno

Perun Ananias lit.33 stud. Medicine tsp. OUN Komarno

Three unknown

Matsiyovskyy Olexa lit.46 Horozhanna Val .

Behen Andrew 29 years Novosilky brew .

Seniv Bone lit.46 Horozhanna Val .

Dyachyshyn Olexa lit.45 U.H.D. Horozhanna Val .

Dr. . Klipko John lit.45 doctor Felshtyn -Komarno

Derevianko John lit.29 Novosilky brew .

Seniv Olexa lit41 U.S.S. Horozhanna Val .

Ivan Kuzyk 40 years Horozhanna Val .

Spider Stephen lit.30 Horozhanna Val .

Lyaskovsky Stephen lit.25 member O.U.N. Horozhanna

Kordiyaka Yuri lit.25 member O.U.N Horozhanna Small

John Kruk lit.35 Komarno

John Jaworski years. 31 member O.U.N Novosilky Oparski

    After the return of " liberators " stately monument clearly did not fit in politics " Sovietization " Western Ukraine , especially in the ideological part of this policy, and so in 1946 it was destroyed .

    In 1991, at the initiative and under the direction of resident Komarne , chairman of the church committee church of Sv. Peter and Paul , Gregory Mysakovtsya community of restored monument in the same form as it was before 1946.

    In the central part of the monument during tsho trident wrote :