Polish-Ukrainian reconciliation in Huta Pieniacka

The daily Gazeta Wyborcza comments on the 65th anniversary of the murder of several hundred Poles in what at the time was a Polish village near Lwów (now Lviv) in western Ukraine. "One can come to terms with even the bloodiest past. Poland and Ukraine should not flag in their efforts to do this. Saturday provides another opportunity for reconciliation in Huta Pieniacka near Lviv, where 65 years ago several hundred Poles were murdered. … This crime was perpetrated by an SS police battalion that consisted mainly of Galician Ukrainians. Ukrainian partisans supported them. Although the crime was committed by the Germans because it was they who gave the orders, it was carried out by Ukrainians. [As well as Polish President Lech Kac Kaczyński] Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko will also be travelling to Huta Pieniacka. This will send another important signal and means Polish-Ukrainian reconciliation is more than just an empty phrase."

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