Staff of the regional municipal enterprise “Memorial and Search Centre ‘Dolia'” have carried out maintenance of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic cemetery in the village of Zaleska Wola (Zaleska Wola), Jarosław County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Republic of Poland.
Over the past week, the centre’s specialists mowed the grass across the necropolis, cleared household rubbish from graves and memorial objects, and removed shrubs that had grown up between the burial plots.
“Caring for burial sites is not only about tidying the grounds. It is our duty to history and an expression of respect for the memory of the people who rest here” — ME “Memorial and Search Centre ‘Dolia'”
The Ukrainian Greek Catholic cemetery in Zaleska Wola is part of the historical heritage of the Ukrainian community of Nadsiannia. The village was once an important centre of Greek Catholic life, as evidenced by archival documents on the local parish and preserved parish registers.
After the Second World War, the Ukrainian population of this region was subjected to forced resettlement. In particular, in 1947 thousands of Ukrainians were deported as part of Operation “Vistula”, and the cemetery in Zaleska Wola remained one of the few tangible witnesses to the presence of the Ukrainian community here.