In 1943 , during the Volhynian Genocide , 96 ethnic Poles of Berezne were murdered by Ukrainian nationalists of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army . The first attack on the town took place in June 1943 . Other attacks occurred in the second half of that year , and as a result Polish survivors fled to larger towns , such as Rowne . In June 1945 the remaining Poles were forced to leave Berezne in accordance with the Allied treaties
Volhynian Genocide
Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia
Berezne