Unveiling of the monument: “In memory of the Armored Weapons Officers of the Polish Army, victims of the Katyn massacre, murdered by the Soviet NKVD in the spring of 1940.”

Unveiling of the monument: “In memory of the Armored Weapons Officers of the Polish Army, victims of the Katyn massacre, murdered by the Soviet NKVD in the spring of 1940.”

On April 11, 2024, on the premises of the Museum of Polish Military Technology in Poznań – a branch of the Polish Army Museum, a monument was unveiled: “In memory of the Armored Weapons Officers of the Polish Army, victims of the Katyn massacre, murdered by the Soviet NKVD in the spring of 1940.”

The monument was created on the initiative of the Armored Weapons Museum headed by Col. Tomasz Ogrodniczuk and the Institute of National Remembrance, Branch in Poznań, in cooperation with the Regional Branch of the Military Property Agency and the Land Forces Training Center. Stefan Czarniecki. The monument was created based on the design of Prof. Konstancja Pleskaczyńska from the University of Arts in Poznań.

The ceremony was extremely solemn. It was honored by an honorary military assistance consisting of: honorary subunit of the Land Forces Training Center. Field Hetman of the Crown Stefan Czarniecki in Poznań under the command of Captain Rafał Gałęzewski and the Air Force Representative Orchestra under the command of Colonel Paweł Joks. A pair of F-16 planes from the 31st Tactical Air Base in Poznań-Krzesiny appeared in the sky and flew over the ceremony site.

After raising the national flag and playing the anthem of the Republic of Poland, the “Katyń roll call of the fallen” was read, the representative song of the Polish Army – “Śpij Kolego” was sung and an honorary salute was fired.

The occasion of unveiling the monument was intended to pay the highest tribute to the Armored Weapons Officers of the Polish Army murdered and buried in the Katyn Graves.

LIST OF KATYNIA VICTIMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE POZNAŃ ARMORED WEAPONS UNITS

Reserve lieutenant Mikołaj AKSAN (1893-1940)

Major Brunon BŁĘDZKI (1899-1940)

Major Mirosław JAROCIŃSKI (1904 -1940)

Lieutenant Colonel Roman ĘDRASZKO (1895-1940)

Lieutenant Colonel Stanisław KARDASZEWICZ (1889-1940)

Retired Major Roman KARWAT (1893-1940)

Major Ryszard KLAUZIŃSKI (1894 – 1940)

Retired lieutenant colonel Artur Czesław KRONENBERG (1887–1940)

Major of the reserve Tadeusz KRUPIŃSKI (1899 – 1940)

Retired Major Leonard LECH (1886-1940)

Major Kamil MATKOWSKI (1898-1940)