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"(UPA) operated mainly on Volyn and in Galicia. In 1943 Roman Szuchewycz headed it. Within 2 years of being in the UPA ranks, 30-40 1000 soldiers joined. UPA activists considered Ukrainian communists, Nazis and Poles to be enemies. The origin of the tightening of Polish-Ukrainian relations was the mass killings of Ukrainians by the National Army. It was an underground Polish army whose management wanted to return to the pre-war borders of Poland. Its victims were the inhabitants of Chełmszczyna, Podlasie, Galicia and Volyn. The bloody Polish-Ukrainian war, resulting in the deaths of not only soldiers, but besides civilians, lasted until 1947".The above passage shows that the Polish National Army was to be liable for escalation of conflict and mass casualties among the Ukrainian population. A hard communicative In Nowack's written letter, she recalled that: "a peculiarly hard time in the past of Volyn, and at the same time Polish-Ukrainian relations, was the time of planet War II and mass crimes on the Polish population known as 'the Volyn massacre', and made by the Ukrainian Insurgency Army (UPA) and the local Ukrainian population".
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According to data from February 1943 to spring 1945, over 100,000 Poles were murdered in Volyn and east Galicia. The victims were men, women and children. The crimes carried out UPA troops, with the support of part of the civilian population. The apogee of events took place on 11 and 12 July 1943 - it was called a bloody Sunday. Within 2 days, UPA made a coordinated attack on about 150 Polish villages and settlements. Victims have frequently died in an highly violent way.
Barbara Nowack's actions and changes appealed to the Ukrainian Minister of Education and asked to "take immediate action", including a review and update of existing textbooks and the preparation of fresh ones that will correspond to the current Polish-Ukrainian relations. She besides pointed out the Polish-Ukrainian Commission of Experts for the Improvement of School Handbooks from past and Geography, in which representatives of both countries monitor the content of textbooks. A common textbook. The Minister of Education besides pointed out that during the January XXIV gathering of the Commission in Uzhhorad a proposal was made to make a common Polish-Ukrainian past textbook. The thought was reported by 1 of the Ukrainian side members. Nowacka asked Oksen Lisova and asked her to take a position on the improvement of the Commission's rules of operation and to consider starting work on a common manual. In his letter, Nowack besides proposed that Poland and Ukraine should be able to indicate each another manuals to check, if they concern topics crucial to both parties.
