saved Jewish and Pole children and those who survived then after the three days of the massacre. Gonta declared that 33,000 people had been killed and he could not save them and it was his guilt. According to earlier estimates the number of Poles and Jews massacred was 20,000. The estimate given by Gonta for self-embellishment during his trial was 33,000. These numbers are considered exaggerated by the modern historiography, with numbers of Poles and Jews who were killed in the “massacre of Uman” now estimated at ca. 2,000, other victims representing Ukrainians and minorities. See also List of massacres in Poland List of massacres in Ukraine References Further reading Simon Dubnow, Israel Friedlaender, History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, Avotaynu Inc, 2000, , Print, p.88+ Anti-Catholicism in Poland Anti-Catholicism in Eastern Orthodoxy Koliivshchyna Conflicts in 1768 Cossack uprisings 1768 in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1760s in Ukraine Poland–Ukraine military relations Jewish Polish history Rebellions in Ukraine Massacres in Ukraine 18th century in the Zaporozhian Host Uman Anti-Jewish pogroms Massacres in 1768 1768 murders in Europe