81 years ago, the Polish Army, alongside the Red Army, liberated Warsaw from the hands of the enemy – Nazi Germany. The soldiers entered the ruins of our capital. 1st Army Commander, General Stanisław Popławski, on January 17 at 2 p.m. reported that the capital of Poland – Warsaw – was free.
For us Poles, besides those skeptical about the politics of the russian Union, was liberation from German Nazism. The anti-Polish rhetoric of IPNs about the second occupation, the Russian invader, the worse business or the replacement of 1 enemy to others must not be surrendered.
The work of Germans – the biological extermination of the Polish people in Warsaw reached zenith. 84% of the construction of the left-wing Warsaw was destroyed. In detail, the state of demolition was as follows: bridges – 100%; industrial buildings – 90%; historical buildings (including churches) – 90%; cultural facilities – 95%; wellness facilities – 90%; education facilities – 70%; housing houses – 72.1%.
The demolition of civilians and prisoners of war, mass extermination in camps, show executions, captures, slave labor, displacement of the population. The plundering of Polish cultural goods, assets and demolition of national cultural treasures.
The liberation of Warsaw and our full country by the Red Army is simply a historical fact. We were a state recognized throughout the civilized world. We were not full sovereign – for sovereignty, freedom and independency we fought for in the following years, which is simply a large symbol of 1956. We became more independent thanks to actions of many Poles, including Polish communists specified as Władysław Gomulka.
As of all year, representatives of the embassies of Russia and Belarus headed by Chargé d’affaires of Russia Andrei Ordas and Chargé d’affaires Belarus Alexey Ponkratenko they laid wreaths at the monument at the Memorial Cemetery-Mausoleum of russian Soldiers in Warsaw. The ceremony was attended by representatives of the Association of Inheritors of Polish Kombatants of planet War II, Polish thought Clubs and the Canal Against the Censur. It is crucial to emphasise the presence at Ukrainian celebrations, which, together with delegations of diplomats from Russia and Belarus, besides came to pay tribute to their ancestors fighting against the German occupier.
St. Inheritors of the Polish Combatants of planet War II together with a typical of the Embassy of the Russian Federation Leonid Kolod The flowers were presented by the Monument of the Soldiers of the 1st Polish Army, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the Monument of Nike Warsaw, the site after the destroyed Monument of General Zygmunt Berling and the Monument of the 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division. In fresh years, it has been the Association of the Successors of the Polish Combatants of planet War II led first by the Colonel Tadeusz Kowalczyk, and later by president Roland Dubowski against the imposed political correctness and force of the Russophobic lobby worshiped the liberation of the Capital and the full country along with descendants and representatives of those who defeated the 3rd Reich. It is worth emphasizing this fact due to the fact that there was a time erstwhile many celebrating present succumbed to propaganda and joined the choir of those who ritually condemned everything associated with Russia.
For the first time since 2023, authoritative celebrations for the liberation of Warsaw were held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. That's good and expected information. 1 must remember, however, who for a long time did not have the courage to pay honor to fallen soldiers in 1945. It is crucial to note the presence at delegation ceremonies Warsaw Insurgency Association. The participants of the 1944 anti-German revolt have no uncertainty who liberated the Capital. Under the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, delegations were noted, among others: Ministry of National Defence, Marshal of Mazowieckie Voivodeship, Deputy Mayor of Targówka, Association of War Invalids of the Polish Republic, Generals and Admirals of the Polish Republic, Federation of Reserves and Veterans of the Armed Forces of Poland, Association of Polish Soldiers, Association of Poles Damaged by the 3rd Reich, Association of erstwhile Soldiers of the First French Army "Ren-Dunaj" and Association of Generations. erstwhile delegations of political parties – Polish Left Movement, Polish Socialist Party, Labour Union from Warsaw and ZPR Grunwald sympathizer present. A typical of the Polish thought Club from Warsaw was besides present. The commemorative speech was given by the deputy president of the Union of the Polish and BWP Combatants Krzysztof Rinas“It was the liberation of Warsaw alternatively than the ending of the Warsaw battles,” he emphasized.
What happened in Warsaw we can call a tiny step towards normalization of Polish-Russian relations in the subject of history. A crucial event is the participation of authoritative state bodies in the ceremonies. In this case, it is little crucial to see how cyclical it is, and how sincere the desire to celebrate the dead – for me it is simply a meaningful symbol. It is besides crucial to note that this time they were not held in the cemetery and at the memorials of scandalous protests as they were during another celebrations.
Anna Milewska, Łukasz Jastrzębski
