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Author: Joanna Kowalewska | Publish date: 01 August 2022

The people of Ełk commemorated the Warsaw Uprising

01 August 2022, Author: Joanna Kowalewska

Today, representatives of the city local government and municipal institutions paid tribute to the fallen in the Uprising Warsaw at the monument in the Solidarity Park. At 17.00 he heard also the sound of alarm sirens commemorating the 78th anniversary of the outbreak of the uprising. See photos.

On August 1, we remember the people who died in 1944 in during the Warsaw Uprising. At 5.00 p.m. representatives of the city local government, as well as representatives of municipal institutions laid flowers under Monument to the Fallen for Free and Independent Poland in the Solidarity Park, and about At 6.00 p.m. a Holy Mass was held in the Cathedral of St. Adalbert in Ełk.

In addition, at 5 p.m., alarm sirens were activated, which commemorated the 78th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising.

Rebellion Warsaw

1 August 1944 at At 5:00 p.m., the Warsaw Uprising broke out, lasting 63 days. Insurgents for more than two months of fighting with better trained and equipped troops German. About 16,000 insurgents, about 150,000 civilians, 3.700 were killed in it. thousand soldiers 1. Army of the Polish Army and 9,000 German soldiers. After Civilians were displaced and the city was systematically equated with Earth. The Old Town, the Royal Castle and thousands were destroyed. other cultural goods.

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