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Mansur Mirovalev

Genocide or tragedy? Ukraine, Poland at odds over Volyn massacre of 1943

Participants of the 3rd Black March of Wolyn 1943 walk through the city streets on the 82nd anniversary of the Volyn massacre on July 11, 2025, in Krakow, Poland [Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto via Getty Images]

Kyiv, Ukraine – Nadiya escaped the rapists and killers only because her father hid her in a haystack amidst the shooting, shouting and bloodshed that took place 82 years ago.

“He covered me with hay and told me not to get out no matter what,” the 94-year-old woman told Al Jazeera – and asked to withhold her last name and personal details.

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