05-24-2015, 07:05 AM
Communique nr 2 of the Supreme Command of the People's Army of 15th April 1944:
"(...)A partisan squad srronded the village o Jamy, in which a pacification squad consisting of Kalmuks [soldiers of the Ostlegionen] ws tmporarily stationed. After breaking the first rsistance, the villag was captured.As the effect of the fight, 8 Kalmuks were killed, 10 were taken prisoner, later shot. handguns and machineguns were cptured.(...)"
Comment:
"After reconnaissance by "Kolka" (Mikołaj Meluch)and "Maciek" (JAn Wojtowicz) an AL squad lead by "Franek" (Fraciszek Woliński)during the night of 7th/8th March 1944 surprised Germans [?] stationned inthe village, who had been responsible foobbing nd aping the inhabitants. As the effect of the fight, the AL partians captured, apart from weapons and ammunition, plans with attack directions on partisan squads marked, passwords to be used in case 2 German units meet at night, list of village inhabitants, covering a a few-hundeed-people list of those, who were to be shot. Captured Germans testified, that their squad was a scouting vanguard of larger units, which have indeed arrived to the rai station in Parczew, Gródek and Brzeźnica that night with an order to pacify Włodwa region, especially Parczew Forests. One partisan was kiled in the battle - young Wacek of Uhnin. Among the participants of the action there were the commandant of the region II - "Mietek" (Mieczysław Moczar) and commandant o the IV (Lublin) District - "Kazik", "Kruk" (Kazimerz Sidor).
The map shows he position of he village - it is on the same road where the ambush of 27th August 1943 took place.
The village has been awarded Grunwald Cross for the fact tha many o its inhabitants were engaged in the partisan movement. There's a chapel and a monuent (shown from google streetview) commemorating the pacification of the village by nazis day after the partisan action - the village was burnt down to the ground and 152 inhabitants were murdered.
"(...)A partisan squad srronded the village o Jamy, in which a pacification squad consisting of Kalmuks [soldiers of the Ostlegionen] ws tmporarily stationed. After breaking the first rsistance, the villag was captured.As the effect of the fight, 8 Kalmuks were killed, 10 were taken prisoner, later shot. handguns and machineguns were cptured.(...)"
Comment:
"After reconnaissance by "Kolka" (Mikołaj Meluch)and "Maciek" (JAn Wojtowicz) an AL squad lead by "Franek" (Fraciszek Woliński)during the night of 7th/8th March 1944 surprised Germans [?] stationned inthe village, who had been responsible foobbing nd aping the inhabitants. As the effect of the fight, the AL partians captured, apart from weapons and ammunition, plans with attack directions on partisan squads marked, passwords to be used in case 2 German units meet at night, list of village inhabitants, covering a a few-hundeed-people list of those, who were to be shot. Captured Germans testified, that their squad was a scouting vanguard of larger units, which have indeed arrived to the rai station in Parczew, Gródek and Brzeźnica that night with an order to pacify Włodwa region, especially Parczew Forests. One partisan was kiled in the battle - young Wacek of Uhnin. Among the participants of the action there were the commandant of the region II - "Mietek" (Mieczysław Moczar) and commandant o the IV (Lublin) District - "Kazik", "Kruk" (Kazimerz Sidor).
The map shows he position of he village - it is on the same road where the ambush of 27th August 1943 took place.
The village has been awarded Grunwald Cross for the fact tha many o its inhabitants were engaged in the partisan movement. There's a chapel and a monuent (shown from google streetview) commemorating the pacification of the village by nazis day after the partisan action - the village was burnt down to the ground and 152 inhabitants were murdered.
