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Powązki Military Cemetery

{{Short description|Military cemetery in Warsaw, Poland}}

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{{Infobox cemetery

|name = Powązki Military Cemetery

|image = Powazki wojskowe brama glowna.JPG

|caption = Entrance to the Powązki Military Cemetery

|established = 1912

|country = Poland

|location = Warsaw

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|type = Public

|owner =

|size = 24 ha

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|website = [http://www.cmentarzekomunalne.com.pl/cmentarz_wojs.html Official website]

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Powązki Military Cemetery ({{IPA|pl|pɔˈvɔ̃skʲi}}; {{langx|pl|Cmentarz Wojskowy na Powązkach}}) is an old military cemetery located in the Żoliborz district, western part of Warsaw, Poland. The cemetery is often confused with the older Powązki Cemetery, known colloquially as "Old Powązki". The Old Powązki cemetery is located to the south-east of the military cemetery.

The military cemetery holds the graves of many who have fought and died for their country since the early 19th century, including a large number involved in the 1920 Battle of Warsaw, the September 1939 Campaign, and the ill-fated 1944 Warsaw Uprising against Nazi Germany.[https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/mass-burial-in-warsaw-for-22-soldiers-murdered-by-the-communists-7721 Mass burial in Warsaw for 22 soldiers murdered by the Communists] The First News. Retrieved 4 September 2021

History

It was founded in 1912 as an annex to the Catholic cemetery, but after Poland regained independence in 1918, it became the state cemetery, where some of the most notable people of the period were buried, regardless of their faith.

A large part of the cemetery is occupied by graves of Polish soldiers who died in the Warsaw Uprising. Most of the graves were exhumed between 1945 and 1953 from the streets of Warsaw. In many cases, the names of the soldiers remain unknown, and the graves are marked only by the Polish Red Cross identification number. Until the early 1950s, brothers-in-arms of many dead soldiers organised exhumations of their colleagues on their own, and there are many quarters where soldiers of specific units are buried. Also in the cemetery are several mass graves of (mostly unknown) civilian victims of the German terror during World War II, especially during the Warsaw Uprising. There are mass graves of political prisoners executed during the Stalinist period, which lie under the graves of Communist figures. It took a change in the law to enable researchers to begin the recovery of these remains. As of August 2015, that work was ongoing.

In 1964, communist authorities renamed the cemetery to "Communal Cemetery". The traditional name was restored in 1998.

Notable burials

Those buried at the cemetery include:

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Gallery

File:Powazki powstanie 1.JPG|Graves of Polish soldiers who died in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising

File:Powazki wojskowe groby 1920.JPG|Graves from the Polish-Soviet War

File:Kwatera Batalionu Zośka Cmentarz Wojskowy na Powązkach 010.JPG|Graves of Gray Ranks members

File:Powazki wrzesien 3.JPG|World War II graves

File:Sosabowski grave.JPG|Stanisław Sosabowski's grave

File:Groby załogi lotu LO5055.jpg|Graves of the victims of the LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055

File:Funeral military ceremony in Poland.jpg|Funeral ceremony at the cemetery

File:Juliusz Rómmel grób.JPG|Juliusz Rómmel's grave

File:Ryszard Kuklinski - grave.jpg|Ryszard Kukliński's grave

File:Wojciech Jaruzelski (grób) 03.JPG|Wojciech Jaruzelski's grave

File:Zygmunt Berling - gravestone.jpg|Zygmunt Berling's grave

File:Henryk Stażewski grób.jpg|Henryk Stażewski's grave

File:Powazki Beck.JPG|Józef Beck's and Jan Jankowski's graves

See also

References

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External links

{{commons category|Military Cemetery in Warsaw}}

  • {{Official website|http://www.cmentarzekomunalne.com.pl/cmentarz_wojs.html}}
  • [http://sowa.website.pl/cmentarium/Cmentarze/CmWPrz_6.html Comprehensive information at the Cmentarium website]

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Category:Cemeteries in Warsaw

Category:Military cemeteries in Poland

Category:Żoliborz

Category:1912 establishments in Poland

Category:Cemeteries established in the 1910s

Category:Military of Warsaw