INFORMATION PORTAL OF THE MARSHAL'S OFFICE OF THE KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE Region IN TORUŃ

We stand in contemplation to pay tribute to those who did not give in to the brutal reality of post-war Poland (…) [and] did not lay down their arms, believing that our country could be free and sovereign,’ said Marshal Piotr Całbecki during Toruń’s celebrations of the National Day of Remembrance for the Cursed Soldiers. During the celebrations in Bydgoszcz, the regional government was represented by Vice-Marshal Zbigniew Ostrowski, who in his speech emphasised the patriotism and sacrifice of the Unbroken and our duty to remember their attitude and deeds.

Bydgoszcz celebrated the memory of the Steadfast during ceremonies at the monument in the quarters of the Cursed soldiers in the cemetery on Kcyńska Street. The government administration was represented by Governor Michał Sztybel.

As part of the celebrations in Toruń, ceremonies with the participation of, among others, city authorities and military representatives, were held last Friday at the monument in Solidarity Avenue and on Saturday at the commemorative plaque in Piekary Street. The setting for Saturday’s event was a historical re-enactment prepared by young people from Toruń’s First High School and the Historical and Military Museum Foundation.

Events of the National Remembrance Day of the Cursed Soldiers took place across the country last weekend.  The holiday, as a tribute to soldiers of the so-called second conspiracy (fighting for the country’s independence between 1945 and 1956), was established by the Sejm in 2011.

Beata Krzemińska

Spokesperson of the Marshal’s Office

March 3, 2025