Vistula" was set forth to purge
partisans from the region. The partisans had been living in the forests and
mountains, and continued to harass and agitate the Poland authorities in their
fight for political autonomy. It was believed that the villagers were
supporting the partisans with food and supplies. The Poland Army gave the
residents one hour to pack up their belongings, loaded them on trucks and
deported ("resettled") the residents to distant villages in northern
Poland and Ukraine. The Army set fire to all the citizens remaining
possessions, including houses, barns and haystacks. They wanted nothing to
remain for the partisans. Several citizens died in the deportation and only two
or three families from the village were allowed to resettle in the same place.
No one was allowed to resettle in the area until 1958, at which time, the
Poland government allowed only ethnic Polish to settle in the region.
The foundations of the largest Cerkiew
(Eastern Rite Church), Church of Christ the King (Greek Catholic) in the area
is found in the village. The church was destroyed by fire in 1946 and the
foundation dynamited by the Polish Army in 1950. Adjacent to the ruins, the
Divine Mercy Roman Catholic Church was built in the early 1980s
