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In the Polish village of Parosle near Sarny, a gang of [[Ukrainian nationalist]]s posing as Soviet partisans deceived the villagers who had hosted the gang during the day. In the evening, the bandits surrounded all the houses and killed the Polish population. 173 people were killed. Only three people survived. Two were able to hide under the corpses and one boy turned himself in. A later investigation of the murdered revealed the extreme cruelty of the executioners. Infants had been nailed to tables with kitchen knives. Several people were skinned. Women were raped, some had their breasts cut off, many had their ears and noses cut off, their eyes cut out, their heads cut off. After the massacre, there was a drinking feast in the house of the local village school. After the executioners left, among the scattered bottles of homemade liquor and leftovers, a one-year-old child was found nailed to the table with a bayonet and had a piece of sour cucumber in his mouth that one of the bandits had not eaten." ''Semaschko Turowski: Atrocities committed by Ukrainian nationalists against the Polish population in Volhynia in 1939 and 1945.<ref>Myroslav Yurkevich, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (Orhanizatsiia ukrainskykh natsionalistiv) ''This article originally appeared in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 3 (1993).''</ref>
In the Polish village of Parosle near Sarny, a gang of [[Ukrainian nationalist]]s posing as Soviet partisans deceived the villagers who had hosted the gang during the day. In the evening, the bandits surrounded all the houses and killed the Polish population. 173 people were killed. Only three people survived. Two were able to hide under the corpses and one boy turned himself in. A later investigation of the murdered revealed the extreme cruelty of the executioners. Infants had been nailed to tables with kitchen knives. Several people were skinned. Women were raped, some had their breasts cut off, many had their ears and noses cut off, their eyes cut out, their heads cut off. After the massacre, there was a drinking feast in the house of the local village school. After the executioners left, among the scattered bottles of homemade liquor and leftovers, a one-year-old child was found nailed to the table with a bayonet and had a piece of sour cucumber in his mouth that one of the bandits had not eaten." ''Semaschko Turowski: Atrocities committed by Ukrainian nationalists against the Polish population in Volhynia in 1939 and 1945.<ref>Myroslav Yurkevich, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (Orhanizatsiia ukrainskykh natsionalistiv) ''This article originally appeared in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 3 (1993).''</ref>
====Tehran conference====
In November 1943, the [[Big Three]] (USSR, USA, and UK) met at the [[Tehran Conference]]. Both Roosevelt and Churchill officially agreed that the eastern borders of Poland would roughly follow the Curzon Line. The Polish government was not notified of this decision and the only information given was the press release claiming that ''We await the day, when all nations of the world will live peacefully, free of tyranny, according to their national needs and conscience''. The resulting loss of the "eastern territories," approximately 48% of Poland's pre-war territory, to the Soviet Union is seen by Poles as another "betrayal" by their Western "Allies".
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According to many historians, Churchill and Roosevelt promised Stalin to settle the issue with the Poles, however they never sincerely informed the Polish side. When the Polish Prime Minister visited Moscow, he was convinced he was coming to discuss borders that were still disputed, while Stalin believed everything had already been settled. This was the principal reason for the failure of Polish Prime Minister's mission to Moscow.
According to many historians, Churchill and Roosevelt promised Stalin to settle the issue with the Poles, however they never sincerely informed the Polish side. When the Polish Prime Minister visited Moscow, he was convinced he was coming to discuss borders that were still disputed, while Stalin believed everything had already been settled. This was the principal reason for the failure of Polish Prime Minister's mission to Moscow.
====Potsdam conference====
====Potsdam conference====
All prewar German territories east of the Oder–Neisse line and within the 1937 German boundaries – comprising nearly one quarter (23.8 percent) of the [[Weimar Republic]] – were ceded under the changes decided at the [[Potsdam Conference]], with the majority ceded to [[Poland]]. The remainder, consisting of northern [[East Prussia]] including the German city of [[Königsberg]] (renamed [[Kaliningrad]]), was allocated to the Soviet Union, as the Kaliningrad Oblast of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Russian SFSR) (today [[Russian Federation]]). Much of the German population in these territories – estimated at around 12 million in autumn 1944 – had fled in the wake of the Soviet Red Army's advance. The remainder were deported to Germany west of the Oder-Neisse line.
All prewar German territories east of the Oder–Neisse line and within the 1937 German boundaries – comprising nearly one quarter (23.8 percent) of the [[Weimar Republic]] – were ceded under the changes decided at the [[Potsdam Conference]], with the majority ceded to [[Poland]]. The remainder, consisting of northern [[East Prussia]] including the German city of [[Königsberg]] (renamed [[Kaliningrad]]), was allocated to the Soviet Union, as the Kaliningrad Oblast of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Russian SFSR) (today [[Russian Federation]]). Much of the German population in these territories – estimated at around 12 million in autumn 1944 – had fled in the wake of the Soviet Red Army's advance. The remainder were deported to Germany west of the Oder-Neisse line.
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