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Poland: Solidarity with refugees, fear of Russian aggression

By DW
26 February 2023   |   10:50 am
The region of Volhynia was still occupied by German forces when a wave of violence was unleashed on the Polish population there. It is estimated that by August of that year, up to 120,000 Poles were killed in Volhynia by Ukrainian nationalists in a series of massacres.

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