The main aim of this article is to analyse the fundamental issues, which affected the Polish population hiding in the cities of Volhynia, and Eastern Galicia from the massacres carried out in the years 1943‑1944 by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. This article proves that the issues of finding accommodation, food (including risky to home towns), and shelter from subsequent assault were as important as finding an occupation that would allow to the most modest subsistence while averting the risk of deportation by the German‑Ukrainian administration to forced labour in the Third Reich.Głównym celem artykułu jest analiza podstawowych problemów, z jakimi zmagała się ludność polska chroniąca się w miastach wołyńskich i wschodniogalicyjskich przed e...