The Second World War, 1939-1945

graves and monuments commemorating the heroism of the fighters and the atrocities of the Second World War


The collective memory of the earlier, the Great War – as it was called – was quickly obliterated by the enormity of cruelty and the genocide unknown on this scale during World War II ...

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KRACZEWICE

Mass grave in memory of Polish Home Army soldiers fallen between 1939-1946, grave I

 

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KRACZEWICE

Mass grave in memory of Polish Home Army soldiers fallen between 1939-1946, grave II

 

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NIEZABITÓW KOLONIA

Roadside shrine in honor of those who fought for Poland's freedom and independence 1939-194

 

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NIEZABITÓW KOLONIA

Memorial monument to the Soviet POWs (prisoners of war) murdered on their way to the camp by the Nazi executioners in Poniatowa on November 1, 1941

 

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NIEZABITÓW

Monument to the Indomitable Soldiers of Freedom and Independence (WiN) Puławy District who died in battle with the Security Office (UB) and the Internal Security Corps (KBW) on February 17, 1947

 

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OBLIŹNIAK

Nameless grave of the World War II soldier

 

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PONIATOWA

Memorial in tribute to the thousands victims murdered by the Nazi invaders in the labor camp in Poniatowa 1941-1944

 

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PONIATOWA

Memorial of 22,892 Nazism victims, murdered in the Poniatowa labor camp between 1941 and 1944

 

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PONIATOWA

Memorial of The Nazis victims murdered in Poniatowa in 1941-1944

 

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PONIATOWA

Memorial of 14,000 Jews, citizens of Poland, Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, prisoners of the German labor camp in Poniatowa murdered by the Germans in a mass execution "Erntefest" ("Harvest Festival") on November 4, 1943

 

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Co-financed from the funds of the Ministry of Culture, National Heritage and Sport
from the Culture Promotion Fund

 

The trail of national memorials in Poniatowa Municipality