Following the German aggression against Poland on 1 September 1939 and the attack by the USSR on 17 September 1939, thousands of Poles, both civilians and soldiers, crossed the Hungarian border. Despite the difficult international situation and Hungary's affiliation with the Axis powers, the Hungarians were very sympathetic and provided assistance to the Polish refugees. The Poles were cared for - both by the Hungarian state and by Polish organisations operating in Hungary. The internees were placed in numerous military and civilian camps.
The number of Polish internees in the initial period of exile is estimated at about 140,000, including about 33,000 privates and officers. Over time, the number of refugees, mainly military, decreased as a result of the evacuation campaign organised by the Poles to France and the Middle East to Polish military units being formed there.
In the municipal cemetery at Soproni utca, in sector F of the main avenue, there is a common grave of two Polish soldiers interned in Hungary, who died tragically on 2.11.1939: Pvt. Ignacy Mirecki and Sgt. Wincenty Romanowski. The tombstone consists of a horizontal slab and a vertical slab topped with a metal cross. On the vertical slab, symmetrically on both sides, inscriptions with the data of the deceased are placed: "TU / SPOCZYWA ZOŁNIERZ POLSKI / STRZ. / MIRECKI / IGNACY / LAT 37 / ZMARŁY ŚMIERCIĄ TRAGICZNĄ / DNIA 2 XI 1939 R." and "TU / SPOCZYWA ZOŁNIERZ POLSKI / STRZ. ROMANOWSKI / WINCENTY / AGE 25 / DIED A TRAGIC DEATH / ON 2 XI 1939". On the horizontal slab, made of terrazzo, there is a relief of a crowned eagle.

Elaborated. A.Wojda, MKiDN, VII 2025.