Olchowce massacres

The executions in Olchowce took place during World War II under the German occupation in the years 1942, 1943, and 1944, within the then . At the time, Olchowce was a village near Sanok town. Local gravediggers, Dymitr Dymiśko and Michał Krowiak, were tasked with burying the victims. His execution, reportedly carried out by Gestapo officer Leo Humeniuk, occurred on 22 July 1944. Both were driven to Olchowce and executed. Estimates suggest that between 30 (for 1943–1944) people were executed in Olchowce. Some sources indicate a higher number. No exhumation of the victims' bodies was conducted postwar. == Commemoration ==

Soil from the execution site was collected and placed in an urn at the Mausoleum of World War II Victims, established in 1948 at the cemetery on 15 Rymanowska Street in Sanok. Initial plans to erect a monument at the execution site were abandoned. The monument was placed on 15 Przemyska Street, just before the aforementioned church, which post-war became part of the Roman Catholic Parish of the Ascension (Olchowce was incorporated into Sanok in 1972). The monument was described as "an obelisk in honor of fallen patriots". It bears an inscription: The monument is surrounded by a fence made of iron posts and chains. Both the inscription and Society of Fighters for Freedom and Democracy's records indicate the monument was erected in 1974. In the early 1990s, the execution site had an old plaque and remnants of a fence. Nearby, in the forested area, a cross and a plaque were placed with the inscription: Documents, accounts, and artifacts related to the wartime events in Olchowce were collected at the local School Memorial Room of National Remembrance. == References ==