Stanisław Basaj
Stanisław Basaj, pseudonym "Ryś" or "Kraśka" (24 November 1917 – 25 or 27 March 1945), was a Polish soldier and later a partisan of the Peasant Battalions. According to Polish nationalists and patriots Stanisław Basaj is considered a National hero, while according to Ukrainian nationalists he is considered a war criminal. In 1944 during the Hrubieszów revolution he organized massacres against the Ukrainian population in Łasków and Szychowice. Biography Prior to the war Born on the 24th of November 1917 in Polany, Lublin Voivodeship, Polany to a family of Peasant, peasants. In 1924 the Basaj family moved to Małków in the Hrubieszów district. Stanisław Basaj attended the four-grade primary school in Małków and then the seven-grade school in Kryłów. As a student of the school in Małków, he joined the scouting movement. As a 16-year-old boy, Stanisław Basaj volunteered for the army. He served in the orchestra of the 23rd Infantry Regiment in Włodzimierz Woł ...
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Polany, Lublin Voivodeship
Polany is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krynice, within Tomaszów Lubelski County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Krynice, Lublin Voivodeship, Krynice, north of Tomaszów Lubelski, and south-east of the regional capital Lublin. References

Villages in Tomaszów Lubelski County, Polany {{TomaszówLubelski-geo-stub ...
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