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| ] is a village, located in present ], near the city of ]. Before 1939 it belonged to ] and was part of the ]. On ], ], during the ], a mass murder of Polish inhabitants of the village took place there, organized by pro-] members of ] and ] minorities. | |||
| It has been assumed that some 50 ] were massacred on that day. Jewish and Belarusian pro-Communist groups, inspired by the Soviet Invasion of Poland, which had taken place a day before, went on a killing spree. Units of the ] had left the village before September 18, 1939, and the ] had not reached the place yet. It has been established that the leader of the murderers was a local Jewish man named Zak (Ajzik) Motyl, who founded the "]ary Committee of Brzostowica Wielka". Its members wore armbands with ]s and were armed with blades and axes. | |||
| Victims were dragged out of their houses, tortured, tied with barbed wire and buried alive in a ditch. Among those killed were members of the ] family of Wolkowicki, including ] Antoni Wolkowicki, his wife and his mother. All persons killed were Polish, which gives the event a racially-motivated profile. The murderers were praised by the ], Zak Motyl became president of the local government. | |||
| In 2005, ] branch of the ] started an investigation on the massacre, but due to lack of documentation and witnesses, it stalled. | |||
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| * http://www.electronicmuseum.ca/Poland-WW2/ethnic_minorities_occupation/jews_5.html | |||
| * http://www.ipn.gov.pl/wai/pl/18/3068/ | |||
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