Stanisław Basaj

Stanisław Basaj was a Polish soldier, partisan commander, and member of the underground resistance during World War II. He organized and led the largest detachment of the Peasants' Battalions in the Hrubieszów region known as the "Ryś" Battalion, fighting against Nazi forces and units of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. However, on the 25th March, he was killed by a detachment of the UPA in Kryłów. He is considered as a national hero of Poland by Poles, especially those from the Lublin Voivodeship, but for Ukrainians is considered as a war criminal, in particular for the retaliatory actions that he committed against the Ukrainian population in the Lublin region during World War II.²