President Karol Nawrocki laid a wreath at the Monument to the Fallen and Murdered in the East in Warsaw on the 86th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s attack on Poland.
Anniversary of the Tragic Attack
The ceremony took place on September 17 in the capital. President Karol Nawrocki, accompanied by a military escort, honored all the victims of the Soviet aggression of 1939. During the ceremony at the Monument to the Fallen and Murdered in the East, flowers were laid and candles lit.
On September 17, 1939, the Red Army, in violation of the non-aggression pact, invaded Polish territory, completing the fourth partition of our homeland in agreement with Nazi Germany. The Soviet attack marked the beginning of the tragic fate of hundreds of thousands of Poles – deportations, murders, gulags, and Katyń. The Monument to the Fallen and Murdered in the East in Warsaw is one of the most important sites commemorating the victims of Soviet terror. Each year on September 17, state and patriotic ceremonies are held there.