1944 massacre of Poles by Ukrainian Nazi collaborators. It took place on 28 February 1944 in what is now Ukraine. The setting was Huta Pieniacka. It was part of Ethnic cleansing in the Lviv, Tarnopol and Stanisławów voivodeships. Those involved included 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Ukrainian). About 1,200 people died.
Before and after
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- from 2 February 1944 to 10 August 1944Battle for Narva
- 9 February 1944Birth of Alice Walker
- from 17 February 1944 to 23 February 1944Battle of Eniwetok
- 28 February 1944Huta Pieniacka massacre
- from 4 April 1944 to 22 June 1944Battle of Kohima
- 7 April 1944Birth of Gerhard Schröder
- 14 May 1944Birth of George Lucas
- from 18 May 1944 to 20 May 1944Deportation of the Crimean Tatars
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