German invasion of Poland

Krieg von 1939 bis 1945

Ukrainian nationalist forces and local collaborators carried out mass attacks on Polish civilians in Volhynia and neighboring regions during 1943–1945, followed by retaliatory Polish attacks on Ukrainian civilians.

Hauptstadt der Woiwodschaft Kleinpolen im Süden Polens

A historical region in eastern Europe, largely within present-day northwestern Ukraine; during the film's opening it included the Polish Volhynian Voivodeship and was inhabited by Polish, Ukrainian, Jewish, and other communities.

Nazi German concentration and extermination camp complex to which Jewish prisoners from occupied Poland were deported and murdered.