1 August at 5:00 p.m. in Warsaw began heroic The struggle of the insurgents with the Nazi occupier, which lasted until the 2nd Infantry Division October 1944 It was the largest armed uprising of the Army National against the occupying German authorities during World War II World.

Rebellion Warsaw was planned for a few days, but despite the fact that The insurgents fought against regular German formations, Without heavy weapons, planes, guns and tanks lasted it 63 days.

In Tuesday, August 1 marks the 79th anniversary of the outbreak of the Uprising Warsaw.

Program celebrations in Ełk:

Hours. 17:00 – activation of alarm sirens

Hours. 17:05 – laying flowers at the Monument to the Fallen for Free and Independent Poland (Solidarity Park in Ełk)

Hours. 18:00 – Holy Mass in the Cathedral of St. Wojciech in Ełk

In to commemorate the 79th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising (and as part of the training of the Provincial Contamination Detection System and Alerting), on August 1, 2023 at 17:00 in the area The city of Ełk will be activated alarm sirens, it will be a signal continuous lasting 1 minute.

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