Since 2011, the National Day of Remembrance of the Cursed Soldiers has been celebrated on 1 March. Polish President Andrzej Duda said at a ceremony in Sierpc that the unbroken soldiers died for our Poland of today. “Poland that is sovereign and independent, that conducts its affairs in a determined and effective manner, a country that is able to take care of its interests around the world and not only receives security from its great and important allies, but that has become strong enough to give its security to others”, said the President.

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki participated in ceremonies at the Museum of Cursed Soldiers and Political Prisoners of the People’s Republic of Poland, where he laid flowers at the plaque of Colonel Łukasz Ciepliński and members of the 4th Main Board of the “Freedom and Independence” Association, who were executed on 1 March 1951 in the Mokotów prison on Rakowiecka Street in Warsaw, after a show trial. 

In 2011, on the initiative of President Lech Kaczyński, the Sejm of the Republic of Poland established 1 March as the National Day of Remembrance of the Cursed Soldiers.

“The Cursed Soldiers testified with their lives to the great value of freedom, independence, truth and goodness – they are the great victors today. Through the testimony of their lives, they are truly immortal”, said Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki during the commemoration of the National Day of Remembrance of the Cursed Soldiers.

During the ceremony at the Museum of Cursed Soldiers and Political Prisoners of the People’s Republic of Poland in Warsaw, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki stressed the importance of nurturing the truth about the events and heroes of post-war Poland. The head of the Polish government thanked all those who not only kept the memory alive after 1989, but also tried to find the truth about the Cursed Soldiers.

Adrian Andrzejewski