Mala Berezovytsia
| Mala Berezovytsia | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
  Mala Berezovytsia Location in Ukraine | |
| Coordinates: UA 49°45′19″N 25°33′51″E / 49.75528°N 25.56417°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Ternopil Oblast |
| Raion | Zbarazh Raion |
Mala Berezovytsia (Ukrainian: Мала Березовиця; Polish: Berezowica Mała) is a village in Zbarazh Raion, Ternopil Oblast, western Ukraine. It has a current population of 230 people.
It is the birthplace of Taras Levkiv, a Ukrainian artist specializing in Ceramic art. It is also the birthplace of Mieczysław Albert Krąpiec, Polish professor, philosopher, theologian and longtime rector of the Catholic University of Lublin.
Cemetery in Mala Berezovytsia commemorating the victims of the UPA massacre in 1944
Mala Berezovytsia was the site of the massacre of Poles perpetrated by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army on February 22 and 23, 1944.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Grzegorz Hryciuk, Przemiany narodowościowe i ludnościowe w Galicji Wschodniej i na Wołyniu w latach 1931-1948, Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, 2005.
- ↑ Grzegorz Hryciuk, Holocaust in Eastern Galicia 1941-1944. (Polish)
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