Cemetery of Polish Army soldiers killed in 1920., photo Fundacja Pomoc Polakom na Wschodzie, 2021
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Fotografia przedstawiająca Cemetery of Polish Army soldiers killed in the Polish-Bolshevik war
Cemetery of Polish Army soldiers killed in 1920., photo Fundacja Pomoc Polakom na Wschodzie, 2021
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Fotografia przedstawiająca Cemetery of Polish Army soldiers killed in the Polish-Bolshevik war
Cemetery of Polish Army soldiers killed in 1920., photo Fundacja Pomoc Polakom na Wschodzie, 2021
Licencja: all rights reserved
Fotografia przedstawiająca Cemetery of Polish Army soldiers killed in the Polish-Bolshevik war
Cemetery of Polish Army soldiers killed in 1920., photo Fundacja Pomoc Polakom na Wschodzie, 2021
Licencja: all rights reserved
Fotografia przedstawiająca Cemetery of Polish Army soldiers killed in the Polish-Bolshevik war
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Cemetery of Polish Army soldiers killed in the Polish-Bolshevik war

ID: WOJ-000109-W (BY-0318)

Cemetery of Polish Army soldiers killed in the Polish-Bolshevik war

There were three burial places for soldiers in Dolhinov after the Polish-Soviet war: the parish cemetery, the church cemetery and the new garrison cemetery. In the 1930s the corpses were exhumed and all of them were buried in the new garrison cemetery. In addition, corpses were transferred to this cemetery from the following locations: Kamień, Karolin, Niebeszyn, Niewiniany, Onoszki, Opieńki, Plebańce, Puńki, Nowosiółki (Vileyka district), Uzlany, Witowce, Zamosze, Żary. The crosses and gravestones were made in the late 1920s and early 1930s by the Ministry of Public Works. The necropolis is situated on the exit road towards the village of Pagost. The cemetery is small and surrounded by a concrete and metal fence. There are military graves from different periods, soldiers of different nationalities are buried here. There are currently 26 graves in the cemetery - 10 individual and 16 mass graves (23 graves from 1915-1921, 1 unnamed grave from an undetermined period and 2 modern graves - see description below) . The graves are arranged in 4 rows - 3 rows on the left side of the main alley and 1 row on the right side of the alley; the contemporary graves are located to the left of the gate, near the fence. The number of graves in the rows is not the same as the mass graves are larger and take up more space in a row. The graves from 1915-1921 are earthen, surrounded by concrete borders, and concrete crosses have been placed on the graves. The names are engraved on the crosses. The following soldiers rest here: 3 Germans who died in 1915, 76 Russian soldiers who died in 1915. 4 Bolshevik soldiers 6 known by name and more than 66 NN Polish soldiers killed in 1920-1921. There is a shrine in the corner of the cemetery. On 27.09,2017 the remains of 5 KOP soldiers killed on 17.09.1939 were transferred to this cemetery. They were found on 3-15.09.2017 west of the village of Pohost. The work was carried out by the Polish IPN. The grave was arranged near the entrance to the cemetery. The renovation of the cemetery was carried out in 2020 by the Foundation Aid to Poles in the East within the framework of the task subsidised by the programme of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage "Sites of National Remembrance Abroad". Due to the considerable deterioration of the tombstone material, granite replicas were made. On 6.05.2022 in the cemetery, just in front of the grave of KOP soldiers, Emil Czeczka, who deserted from the Polish Army in December 2021 and fled to Belarus, where he asked for political asylum, was buried. The funeral was organised by the System Centre for Human Rights, obedient to the Lukashenko regime. The Polish embassy in Minsk was not notified of this funeral, and no one approached the Polish side to consult on this burial.

Publikacja:
22.06.2022
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