– There are no words, no definitions to realize the magnitude and nonsense of crime. We are never able to accept the triumph of evil, with the fact that the victims – those who service a good origin – are powerless," he said. Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Warsaw during the celebration of the 85th anniversary of the Katyń Crime.
Tusk: The evil that was the origin of this crime is inactive lurking around us
– We do not accept, we cannot talk of it wisely erstwhile we see evil defeating good, erstwhile bad people pull out their weapons and shoot innocent people in the backside," he added.
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– We don't even always know what to call those who died, victims of Katyn or heroes of the national legend," stressed the head of the government.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk pointed out that “the evil that was the origin of this crime is inactive lurking around us.”
President Andrzej Duda: Their only responsibility was their faithfulness to Poland
In connection with the celebrations The Day of Memory of Katyn Crime Victims, on Sundays since morning there are celebrations commemorating the 85th anniversary of this tragic event. The president besides took the level on his anniversary Andrzej Duda.
"Almost 22,000 officers, officials, doctors, teachers – elite of the nation. Absolutely murdered by Soviets. Their only responsibility was their loyalty. Poland“ He wrote on the X platform.
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He stressed that for decades the communists were systematically fighting the fact about KatynAnd the perpetrators of this crime have never been punished.
“To pay tribute to the murdered, we worship their honor, integrity and patriotism. Let Memorial Day for Victims of Katyn Crimes unites us – Poles – in awe of the price of freedom. This shadow army is inactive standing by the soldiers Republic of. Hello and glory to the Heroes.” President.
85th Anniversary of the Katyn Crime
The Katyn crime occurred after russian aggression against Poland, on 17 September 1939, erstwhile about 15,000 officers were taken prisoner in the USSR. The decision to execution them – as enemies of communism and the russian Union – was made at the highest level. According to the decree of the ZSRS authorities, signed by Stalin on 5 March 1940, the NKVD murdered about 22,000 Polish citizens, including officers of the Polish Army, police officers, border guards and prison services and civilians belonging to the elites of the II Republic of Poland.
The crime has come to light 13 April 1943. For many years, russian Russian authorities denied work for this genocide, passing the blame on the 3rd German Reich.
Soviet Union only admitted the Katyn crime on 13 April 1990. At the time, the government's TASS agency officially confirmed that Polish prisoners of war were shot in the spring of 1940 by the NKVD. NKVD Commissioner Lavrientiy Beria and his deputy Mr Mierkulov have been identified as guilty. The Russian side expressed deep regret over the Katyn tragedy, calling it “one of the more severe crimes of Stalinism”.
April 13th falls National Day of Memory of the Victims of Katyn Crimes, established on 14 November 2007 by the resolution of the Polish Parliament.
Also by decision of the Sejm, year 2025 is the Year of Polish Heroes from Katyń, Mednoje, Kharkiv and Bykownia.
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