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05-507 Słomczyn
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Konstancin deanery
Warsaw archdiocese, Poland

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XX century (1914 – 1989)

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surname

OLECHOWSKI

forename(s)

Louis (pl. Ludwik)

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function

diocesan priest

creed

Latin (Roman Catholic) Church RCmore on
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diocese / province

Lublin diocesemore on
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[access: 2013.05.19]

date and place
of death

03.09.1945

Potok Górnyform.: Potok Ordynacki
today: Potok Górny gm., Biłgoraj pov., Lublin voiv., Poland

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details of death

After German and Russian invasion of Poland in 09.1939 and start of the World War II, during German occupation of Poland, arrested by the Germans a few times.

Held in Zwierzyniec, Zamość (in these two prob. during genocidal ethnic cleansing of Poles known as «Aktion Zamość») and Biłgoraj (in Potok Górny, his parish village, almost all Poles were then displaced and interned by the Germans) transit camps.

Released.

After end of German and start of Russian occupation in 1944 shot dead in his rectory, prob. by common robbers.

cause of death

murder

perpetrators

Poles (?)

date and place
of birth

23.08.1875

Zaklikówtoday: Zaklików gm., Stalowa Wola pov., Subcarpathia voiv., Poland
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presbyter (holy orders)
ordination

1898

positions held

1944 – 1945

parish priest — Potok Górnyform.: Potok Ordynacki
today: Potok Górny gm., Biłgoraj pov., Lublin voiv., Poland

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[access: 2021.08.20]
⋄ St John the Baptist RC parish ⋄ Biłgorajtoday: Biłgoraj urban gm., Biłgoraj pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
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[access: 2020.12.03]
RC deanery

1943 – 1944

parish priest — Żdżannetoday: Siennica Różana gm., Krasnystaw pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
more on
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[access: 2021.08.20]
⋄ St Michael the Archangel RC parish ⋄ Biecztoday: Biecz gm., Gorlice pov., Lesser Poland voiv., Poland
more on
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[access: 2021.04.01]
GC deanery

1941 – 1943

parish priest — Majdan Starytoday: Księżpol gm., Biłgoraj pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
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[access: 2020.12.03]
⋄ St Peter and St Paul the Apostles RC parish ⋄ Biłgorajtoday: Biłgoraj urban gm., Biłgoraj pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
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[access: 2020.12.03]
RC deanery

1933 – 1941

parish priest — Borowicatoday: Łopiennik Górny gm., Krasnystaw pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
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[access: 2020.12.03]
⋄ Transfiguration of the Lord RC parish ⋄ Krasnystawtoday: Krasnystaw urban gm., Krasnystaw pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
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[access: 2020.12.03]
RC deanery

1931 – 1933

parish priest — Olchowiectoday: Wierzbica gm., Chełm pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
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[access: 2021.08.20]
⋄ St Margaret the Virgin and Martyr RC parish ⋄ Chełmtoday: Chełm city pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
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[access: 2021.08.20]
RC deanery

1923 – 1931

parish priest — Łańcuchówtoday: Milejów gm., Łęczna pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
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[access: 2021.08.20]
⋄ St John the Baptist RC parish ⋄ Łęcznatoday: Łęczna gm., Łęczna pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
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[access: 2021.08.20]
RC deanery

1922

parish priest — Luchów Górnytoday: Tarnogród gm., Biłgoraj pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
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[access: 2021.08.20]
⋄ Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Joseph the Spouse RC parish ⋄ Tarnogródtoday: Tarnogród gm., Biłgoraj pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
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[access: 2020.11.27]
RC deanery

1919 – 1922

parish priest — Radzięcintoday: Frampol gm., Biłgoraj pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
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[access: 2021.08.20]
⋄ St Casimir RC parish ⋄ Szczebrzeszyntoday: Szczebrzeszyn gm., Zamość pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
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[access: 2021.08.20]
RC deanery

1911 – 1919

administrator — Modliborzycetoday: Modliborzyce gm., Janów Lubelski pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
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⋄ St Stanislav the Bishop and Martyr RC parish ⋄ Janów Lubelskiform.: Janów Ordynacki
today: Janów Lubelski gm., Janów Lubelski pov., Lublin voiv., Poland

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RC deanery

1910 – 1911

parish priest — Oszczówtoday: Dołhobyczów gm., Hrubieszów pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
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⋄ St Barbara the Virgin and Martyr RC parish ⋄ Hrubieszówtoday: Hrubieszów urban gm., Hrubieszów pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
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[access: 2021.08.20]
RC deanery

c. 1903 – 1910

vicar — Modliborzycetoday: Modliborzyce gm., Janów Lubelski pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
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[access: 2021.08.20]
⋄ St Stanislav the Bishop and Martyr RC parish ⋄ Janów Lubelskiform.: Janów Ordynacki
today: Janów Lubelski gm., Janów Lubelski pov., Lublin voiv., Poland

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[access: 2021.08.20]
RC deanery

1901 – 1902

vicar — Lublintoday: Lublin city pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
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[access: 2021.08.20]
⋄ St John the Baptist and St John the Evangelist RC cathedral parish ⋄ Lublintoday: Lublin city pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
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[access: 2021.08.20]
RC deanery

1901 – 1902

chaplain — Lublintoday: Lublin city pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
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⋄ Holy Trinity RC church ⋄ Lublintoday: Lublin city pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
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[access: 2021.08.20]
RC deanery

c. 1901 – c. 1902

secretary — Lublintoday: Lublin city pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
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⋄ Office, General Consistory (i.e. Curia)

1899

vicar — Potok Górnyform.: Potok Ordynacki
today: Potok Górny gm., Biłgoraj pov., Lublin voiv., Poland

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[access: 2021.08.20]
⋄ St John the Baptist RC parish ⋄ Biłgorajtoday: Biłgoraj urban gm., Biłgoraj pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
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[access: 2020.12.03]
RC deanery

1891 – 1898

student — Lublintoday: Lublin city pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
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⋄ philosophy and theology, Theological Seminary

murder sites
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DL Zamosc: Germ. „Gefangenen Durchgangslager Sicherheitspol Zamosc” (Eng. „Prisoner of War Transition Camp of the Security Police”) — German transit concentration camp, prison and remand center for the population of the Zamość region (including many children), founded on 19.06.1940 in Rotunda, a former fortifications built by the Russian occupier in the 19th century century, in which 20 cells with an area of 20 m2 each were created around the courtyard. Initially, it held Poles arrested as part of the Germ. „Außerordentliche Befriedungsaktion” (pl. „Extraordinary Pacific Action”), i.e. «AB‑aktion» — part of the wider genocidal extermination of the Polish intelligentsia operation, Germ. «Intelligenzaktion» — carried out in the General Governorate. From there they were transported to KL Sachsenhausen and KL Dachau concentration camps. Later members of the Polish resistance movement (representatives of the Polish Underground State), among others, were held there. Those detained were beaten and tortured. Since 1942, the place of collective executions of many Poles — earlier, individual executions were only carried out. In total, the Germans held approximately 50,000 Poles in DL Zamosc and murdered approximately 6,000–8,000 of them. In 1943, the Germans began digging up graves and burning the bodies, and their ashes were thrown into the river moat around the Rotunda building. (more on: pl.wikipedia.orgClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2013.10.05]
, muzeum-zamojskie.plClick to attempt to display webpage
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DL Biłgoraj: Germ. Durchgangslager Biłgoraj (Eng. Transit Camp), established by the Germans in 04.1944 for the displaced, pacified population of the Zamość region, Russian and communist troops (parachuted by the approaching Russians beyond the front line) and Polish partisans (part of Polish Clandestine State) captured during the German anti–partisan actions of Sturmwind I and Sturmwind II in the Janów forests and the Solska Primeval Forest. About 15,000 people passed through the camp, living on the open space and on bare ground. Operational till 07.1944 and Russian arrival. (more on: pl.wikipedia.orgClick to attempt to display webpage
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DL Zwierzyniec: Germ. Durchgangslager Zwierzyniec (Eng. Transit Camp), set up by Germans in 1940. Initially held Poles selected for slave labour in Germany. From 1942 to 1943 niem. Aussiedlerlager (Eng. Repatriation Camp) — Poles from Zamojszczyzna region were held captive there — as part of so‑called «Aktion Zamość» during which c. 100‑110 thousands of victims, including c. 30,000 children (part of the genocidal robbery of children targeted for Germanization) were evicted from their homes. On average camp had c. 15,000 prisoners. Altogether c. 24,000 Poles — men, women and children — were held there. In the camp selection was carried out into 5 categories of victims: „WE” — having nording „ratial features”, targetted for „Germanisation” — transported to a special camp in Łódź; „AA” — sent out for slave labour, mainly in Germany; „KI” — children up to 14 years on, targetted for Germanisation in Germany; „KL” — transported to German concentration camps, mainly KL Majdanek and KL Auschwitz (c. 21%); „RD”— above 60 years old, and others, targeted for work for German colonizers. (more on: en.wikipedia.orgClick to attempt to display webpage
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«Aktion Zamość»: On 11.1942, the Germans began «Aktion Zamość» — a series of forced resettlement, an ethnic cleansing actions of the Polish population and pacification of Polish villages carried out in the Zamość region, in the territory of the General Government occupied by Germans, under the Germ. Generalplan Ost GPO (Eng. General Plan East), i.e. the plan of German settlement and Germanization of territories in Central and Eastern Europe. Until 08.1943, it covered a total of 100‑110 thousand displaced Poles, including 30,000 children (some of them were taken from their parents and semt for a forced Germanization in German families) — most of them passed through the special Germ. UWZ Lager Zamość (Eng. resettlement camp in Zamość), where selection took place, e.g. group IV, children separated from parents. In place of the displaced, it was intended to settle 60 thousand German colonists from Bessarabia, Ukraine, Bosnia, Serbia, Slovenia and Russia. In the first phase (28.11.1942‑03.1943) 116 villages were forcibly displaced — the displacements were carried out by Germ. Schutzpolizei units or the gendarmerie, with the help of the Ukrainian Auxiliary Police collaborating with Germany; in the second, as part of the so–called Aktion Werwolf (06.1943‑08.1943) — 171 villages — the displacements were supervised by Wehrmacht and Waffen‑SS units, supported by the employees of UWZ Lager Zamość. As a result of the actions of the Polish resistance movement — during the so‑called Zamość Uprising, Polish partisans fought several large battles with the overwhelming German forces — 293 villages were displaced out of the 696 planned. In some villages Germans settled resettled Ukrainians — during the so‑called Ukraineraktion — under control of collaborating with Germans Ukrainian Support Committees among others. (more on: en.wikipedia.orgClick to attempt to display webpage
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General Governorate: A separate administrative territorial region set up by the Germans in 1939 after defeat of Poland, which included German‑occupied part of Polish territory that was not directly incorporate into German state. Created as the result of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, in a political sense, was to recreate the German idea of 1915 (after the defeat of the Russians in the Battle of Gorlice in 05.1915 during World War I) of establishing a Polish enclave within Germany (also called the General Governorate at that time). It was run by the Germans till 1945 and final Russian offensive, and was a part of so–called Big Germany — Grossdeutschland. Till 31.07.1940 formally known as Germ. Generalgouvernement für die besetzten polnischen Gebiete (Eng. General Governorate for occupied Polish territories) — later as simply niem. Generalgouvernement (Eng. General Governorate). From 07.1941 expanded to include district Galicia. (more on: en.wikipedia.orgClick to attempt to display webpage
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Ribbentrop-Molotov: Genocidal Russian–German alliance pact between Russian leader Joseph Stalin and German leader Adolf Hitler signed on 23.08.1939 in Moscow by respective foreign ministers, Mr. Vyacheslav Molotov for Russia and Joachim von Ribbentrop for Germany. The pact sanctioned and was the direct cause of joint Russian and German invasion of Poland and the outbreak of the World War II in 09.1939. In a political sense, the pact was an attempt to restore the status quo ante before 1914, with one exception, namely the „commercial” exchange of the so–called „Kingdom of Poland”, which in 1914 was part of the Russian Empire, fore Eastern Galicia (today's western Ukraine), in 1914 belonging to the Austro–Hungarian Empire. Galicia, including Lviv, was to be taken over by the Russians, the „Kingdom of Poland” — under the name of the General Governorate — Germany. The resultant „war was one of the greatest calamities and dramas of humanity in history, for two atheistic and anti–Christian ideologies — national and international socialism — rejected God and His fifth Decalogue commandment: Thou shall not kill!” (Abp Stanislaus Gądecki, 01.09.2019). The decisions taken — backed up by the betrayal of the formal allies of Poland, France and Germany, which on 12.09.1939, at a joint conference in Abbeville, decided not to provide aid to attacked Poland and not to take military action against Germany (a clear breach of treaty obligations with Poland) — were on 28.09.1939 slightly altered and made more precise when a treaty on „German–Russian boundaries and friendship” was agreed by the same murderous signatories. One of its findings was establishment of spheres of influence in Central and Eastern Europe and in consequence IV partition of Poland. In one of its secret annexes agreed, that: „the Signatories will not tolerate on its respective territories any Polish propaganda that affects the territory of the other Side. On their respective territories they will suppress all such propaganda and inform each other of the measures taken to accomplish it”. The agreements resulted in a series of meeting between two genocidal organization representing both sides — German Gestapo and Russian NKVD when coordination of efforts to exterminate Polish intelligentsia and Polish leading classes (in Germany called «Intelligenzaktion», in Russia took the form of Katyń massacres) where discussed. Resulted in deaths of hundreds of thousands of Polish intelligentsia, including thousands of priests presented here, and tens of millions of ordinary people,. The results of this Russian–German pact lasted till 1989 and are still in evidence even today. (more on: en.wikipedia.orgClick to attempt to display webpage
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Pius XI's encyclicals: Facing the creation of two totalitarian systems in Europe, which seemed to compete with each other, though there were more similarities than contradictions between them, Pope Pius XI issued in 03.1937 (within 5 days) two encyclicals. In the „Mit brennender Sorge” (Eng. „With Burning Concern”) published on 14.03.1938, condemned the national socialism prevailing in Germany. The Pope wrote: „Whoever, following the old Germanic–pre–Christian beliefs, puts various impersonal fate in the place of a personal God, denies the wisdom of God and Providence […], whoever exalts earthly values: race or nation, or state, or state system, representatives of state power or other fundamental values of human society, […] and makes them the highest standard of all values, including religious ones, and idolizes them, this one […] is far from true faith in God and from a worldview corresponding to such faith”. On 19.03.1937, published „Divini Redemptoris” (Eng. „Divine Redeemer”), in which criticized Russian communism, dialectical materialism and the class struggle theory. The Pope wrote: „Communism deprives man of freedom, and therefore the spiritual basis of all life norms. It deprives the human person of all his dignity and any moral support with which he could resist the onslaught of blind passions […] This is the new gospel that Bolshevik and godless communism preaches as a message of salvation and redemption of humanity”… Pius XI demanded that the established human law be subjected to the natural law of God , recommended the implementation of the ideal of a Christian state and society, and called on Catholics to resist. Two years later, National Socialist Germany and Communist Russia came together and started World War II. (more on: www.vatican.vaClick to attempt to display webpage
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