During the Volhynian Genocide , commencing in 1943 , Sarny was a shelter for ethnic Polish population of Volhynian countryside , massacred by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army . In May 1943 , German authorities created a Polish police unit , which defended the town from the Ukrainians . In 1944 , most Poles were transported either to the General Government , or to the Third Reich as OST-Arbeiters
Volhynian Genocide
Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia
Sarny