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"I heard his last screams..."
There are conversations that can't be treated as a regular interview. This is one of them.
We invite you to an incredibly moving meeting with Barbara Wirkijowska, née Kotowicz, who lived as a child in Olyka, Volhynia, near the Radziwiłł estate. Her father, Tadeusz Kotowicz, was involved in the local sawmill and estate management.
Barbara takes us back to the world of her childhood, a world that was quickly destroyed by the war. She talks about the Soviet invasion and the threat of deportation to Siberia. She talks about the Ukrainians who helped her family avoid deportation.
About the German occupation. About the Radziwiłł family. About escapes, train transports, and dramatic attempts at survival. But above all, she recounts what she saw and heard in Volhynia as a young child.
About murdered people. About a burning barn. About a man who, according to her, was tied to a wooden beam and directed toward the mill's saws.
"I heard his last screams. I heard..." she recalls.
It is also an account that reveals the complex reality of war. Barbara speaks both about the crimes she attributes to Ukrainian nationalists and about the Ukrainians who saved her family from Soviet deportation. After the war, she never returned to Olyka. As she says, she was afraid of this confrontation with a place associated with so many tragic images.
The interview is led by Mateusz Kudła
Contact: historyhiking (at) krkfilm.com
#history #historicalinterestingfacts #worldwarii #wolyn #rzezwolynska #ukraine
Check out our latest report. A Ukrainian shows us the crime scene 👉 https://herohero.co/historyhiking/pos...
"I heard his last screams..."
There are conversations that can't be treated as a regular interview. This is one of them.
We invite you to an incredibly moving meeting with Barbara Wirkijowska, née Kotowicz, who lived as a child in Olyka, Volhynia, near the Radziwiłł estate. Her father, Tadeusz Kotowicz, was involved in the local sawmill and estate management.
Barbara takes us back to the world of her childhood, a world that was quickly destroyed by the war. She talks about the Soviet invasion and the threat of deportation to Siberia. She talks about the Ukrainians who helped her family avoid deportation.
About the German occupation. About the Radziwiłł family. About escapes, train transports, and dramatic attempts at survival. But above all, she recounts what she saw and heard in Volhynia as a young child.
About murdered people. About a burning barn. About a man who, according to her, was tied to a wooden beam and directed toward the mill's saws.
"I heard his last screams. I heard..." she recalls.
It is also an account that reveals the complex reality of war. Barbara speaks both about the crimes she attributes to Ukrainian nationalists and about the Ukrainians who saved her family from Soviet deportation. After the war, she never returned to Olyka. As she says, she was afraid of this confrontation with a place associated with so many tragic images.
The interview is led by Mateusz Kudła
Contact: historyhiking (at) krkfilm.com
#history #historicalinterestingfacts #worldwarii #wolyn #rzezwolynska #ukraine
Kontakt: historyhiking (małpa) krkfilm.com
#historia #ciekawostkihistoryczne #iiwojnaswiatowa #wolyn #rzezwolynska #ukraina