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The plaque commemorates the 14000 Polish Prisoners of War massacred by Soviet Forces at Katyn and elsewhere in Soviet Russia in 1940 during World War Two.
Katyn Forest, near Smolensk in Russia, was the place of the mass graves of over 4,300 Polish officers discovered by the German army in March of 1943. These were the bodies of the officers who became POWs as result of the Soviet Union's invasion and occupation of the Polish Eastern provinces between 1939-1941. Until their death, there were kept in three prison camps: Kozielsk, Starobielsk, and Ostashkov. Katyn Forest was one of the few locations where Polish POWs were executed in the spring of 1940. The burial locations of the remaining 10,000 officers and 11,000 others considered to be a threat to Soviet Union remain unknown.
Location
| Address: | 29 Cintra Road, Bowen Hills, 4006 |
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| State: | QLD |
| Area: | Foreign |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -27.446053 Long: 153.040444 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Plaque |
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| Monument Theme: | Conflict |
| Sub-Theme: | WW2 |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 03-September-1939 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 15-August-1945 |
Dedication
| Approx. Monument Dedication Date: | 1980 |
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( Inscription in Polish )
In honoured memory of 14000 Polish Prisoners of War massacred by Soviet forces in Katyn and elsewhere in U. S. S. R. in 1940
Polish community in Queensland
