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Murder of Lwow professors refers to the mass execution of approximately 45 Polish professors of the University of Lwów , their families and guests, committed in July 1941 in Lwów. The mass murder was a continuation of AB Action , or Ausserordentliche Befriedungsaktion started in 1940.1 History
After the German invasion of the Soviet Union started in 1941, Lwów was captured on June 30. Together with the Wehrmacht a number of smaller Abwehr units entered the city. Aided by the Ukrainian Nachtigall batalion under Roman Shuhevych and several units of Ukrainian militia, they started mass executions of people previously put on proscription lists.
Most of the Jewish inhabitants of the city were shot on the spot while members of other nationalities were first transported to execution sites in the Gestapo prison at Pelczynska street, Brygidki Prison , former military prison at Zamarstynów and to the fields surrounding the city: in Winniki suburb, Kortumówki hills and the Jewish Cemetery. Most of the people on the lists were Polish politicians, artists, sportsmen, scientists and priests.
By July 2, 1941, most of the terror actions were halted, yet the individual, planned terror continued. At approximately 3o'clock in the evening prof. Kazimierz Bartel was arrested by one of the Einsatzkommandos operating in the area.
In the night of July 3 and July 4 several dozens of professors and their families were arrested. The lists were prepared by their Ukrainian students. In the early morning of July 4 one of the professors and most of the servants were set free while the rest were either brought to the execution place in the Wulka hills or shot to death on the courtyard of the Bursa Abrahamowiczów building. The victims were at first buried on the spot, but several days after the massacre their bodies were exhumated and transported by the Wehrmacht to an unknown place.
2 Methodology of the crime
There are accounts of four different methods used by the German and Ukrainian troops. The victims were either:
- Beaten to death
- Killed with a bayonet
- Killed with a hammer
- or shot to death
The professors themselves were shot to death, although it is highly probable that at least two of them were buried alive.
3 Victims
Abbreviations used:
3.1 Murdered on Wulka hills
- Prof. dr Antoni Cieszynski, professor of stomatology UJK
- Prof. dr Wladyslaw Dobrzaniecki, head of the ord. Oddz. Chirurgii PSP
- Prof. dr Jan Grek, professor of Internal Medicine, UJK
- Maria Grekowa, wife of Jan Grek
- Doc. dr Jerzy Grzedzielski, head of the Institute of OphthalmologyOphthalmology is the branch of medicine which deals with the diseases of the eye and their treatment. The word ophthalmology comes from the Greek root "ophthalmos-" meaning "eye"; ophthalmology literally means "the science of eyes. As a disciple it applie, UJK
- Prof. dr Edward Hamerski, head of the Internal medicineInternal medicine is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of internal diseases, that is, those that affect internal organs or the body as a whole. A physician who practices internal medicine is, in the United States, an internist''. It is hard to de, AWL
- Prof. dr Henryk Hilarowicz, professor of surgery, UJK
- Rev. dr Wladyslaw Komornicki, theologist, a relative of Ostrowski family
- Eugeniusz Kostecki, husband of prof. Dobrzaniecki's servant
- Prof. dr Wlodzimierz Krukowski, head of the Institute of Electrical Measurement, PL
- Prof. dr Roman Longchamps de Bérier , head of the Institute of Civil lawCivil law has at least three meanings. It may connote an entire legal system, or either of two different bodies of law within a legal system: # a legal system # the set of rules governing relations between persons (either humans or legal personalities suc, UJK
- Bronislaw Longchamps de Bérier, son of prof. Longchamps de Bérier
- Zygmunt Longchamps de Bérier, son of prof. Longchamps de Bérier
- Kazimierz Longchamps de Bérier, son of prof. Longchamps de Bérier
- Prof. dr Antoni Lomnicki , head of the Institute of Mathematics, PL
- Adam Miesowicz, grandson of prof. Solowij
- Prof. dr Witold Nowicki, head of the Anathomy and Pathology faculty, UJK
- Dr med. Jerzy Nowicki, assistant at the Institute of Hygiene, UJK, son of prof. Nowicki
- Prof. dr Tadeusz Ostrowski, head of the Institute of Surgery, UJK
- Jadwiga Ostrowska, wife of prof. Ostrowski
- Prof. dr Stanislaw Pilat, head of the Institute of Technology of Petroleum and Natural gases, PL
- Prof. dr Stanislaw Progulski, pediatrician, UJK
- Andrzej Progulski, son of prof. Progulski
- Prof. dr Roman Rencki, head of the Institute of Internal Medicine, UJK
- Dr med. Stanislaw Ruff, head of the surgery branch of the Jewish Hospital
- Anna Ruffowa, dr. Ruff's wife
- Inz. Adam Ruff, dr. Ruff's son
- Prof. dr Wlodzimierz Sieradzki, head of the Court Medicine faculty, UJK
- Prof. dr Adam Solowij, former head of the Gynaecology and Obstetrics branch of the PSP
- Prof. dr Wlodzimierz Stozek, head of the Mathematics Facultu, PL
- Inz. Eustachy Stozek, assistant at the Lwów University of Science and Technology, son of prof. Stozek
- Emanuel Stozek, son of prof. Stozek
- Dr Tadeusz Tapkowski, lawyer
- Prof. dr Kazimierz Vetulani , head of the Theoretical Mechanics Faculty, PL
- Prof. dr Kacper Weigel , head of the Institute of Measures, PL
- Mgr Józef Weigel, son of prof. Weigel
- Prof. dr Roman Witkiewicz, head of the Institute of Machinery, PL
- Prof. dr Tadeusz Zelenski-Boy , writer and gynaecologist, head of the Institute of French Literature
