I’m not sure but she grew up in the old country. Can’t ask her now anyways.
What I recall hearing was that the Polish Army would conscript Ukrainian men and put them on the front lines in combat to be killed. But I’m sure it was more than that.
My grandfather emigrated to avoid that.
Glad to hear they made out safe. As for conscription and front lines do you believe Ukies prefer and has to stay at the rear all time? Who do you believe must be on the front lines for them?
Poles and Ukrainians have been rivals and enemies for centuries. After a relatively peaceful period in the 1920s and 1930s the world war initiated new horrors on an unprecedented scale in that geographical area - between Russia and Germany. I did not know that much about it until sometime in the mid 70s I read the most horrific book “Hell’s Mouth” a memoir by a Ukrainian count. Horrifying but a must read for anyone interested in the history of these troubled lands:
https://www.amazon.com/Hells-Mouth-Confessions-Count-Nepomuk/dp/0432104003
My grandparents, one from the failed Austro-Hungarian Empire and one Russian, both Russian Orthodox, left a farm village near Lvov in the early 1900s. They detested the Poles and left because the Poles were about to cross the mountains and take over their area.