Huta Peniatska: the history of the village

Lviv region, Brody district, 1989. The video is a film called Pain and Memory of Huta Penyatska.

It tells the story of a village that was once famous for its blown glass makers and was destroyed in 1944. There are testimonies of the former commander of the special purpose reconnaissance group of the partisan unit “Winners” Borys Krutikov and other local residents.

Yaroslav Feilo, Sofia Kokhmat, Tetiana Shyposh, Myroslav Ukhansky, and others worked on the program.

For reference: Huta Penyatska is a village with a significant majority of Polish population that existed on the territory of the modern Brody district of Lviv region. The name of the village comes from two words: “Huta” - a glassmaking trade, and “Penyatska” - the name of the ancient village of Penyaki, located nearby. On February 28, 1944, all 172 houses in the village were destroyed, and the local residents were killed (according to various estimates, from 500 to 800 people, including women and children).