“I would like to thank all living Warsaw Insurgents for their great sacrifice, sacrifice of a lifetime – sacrifice which was not in vain,” stressed the Prime Minister. “Honour and Glory to the Heroes!”

Desire for freedom

The head of the Polish government noted that we are all children of that desire for freedom which in August 1944 exploded on the streets of Warsaw. This is the source of an obligation to preserve not only the memory but also the truth about those times.

“The victory of the Insurgents and all the heroes of that cruel time materialises in all of us. All of us who experience freedom today, who live in a free Republic of Poland. Let us live in such a way that the Warsaw Insurgents – those who are still among us today and those who are in our hearts and watch over us from the above – can be proud of us,” appealed the Prime Minister.

Defending Warsaw and Poland

The head of the Polish government attended a Remembrance Appeal at the Warsaw Uprising Monument and took part in a unique meeting with the Insurgents in the gardens of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland. The talks focused on the painful memories and barbarism on the part of the Germans during the uprising.

Warsaw, according to the occupiers' plan, was to be completely destroyed and erased from the map. The people were to be banished or murdered. However, after the war, the Poles managed to rebuild Warsaw. As the head of the Polish government highlighted: “They rebuilt it in a different shape, but they rebuilt it big, beautiful and wonderful. I thank the generations of post-war Poland for their great effort and hardship endured to rebuild Warsaw and many other cities and places throughout Poland.”

 „W” Hour

At the „W” Hour, the Prime Minister paid tribute to the Insurgents before the “GLORIA VICTIS” Monument. He laid flowers on the grave of gen. Antoni Chruściel, nom de guerre “Monter”, and on the Mound before the Monument of the Fallen Undefeated.

“The Warsaw Insurgents were the bravest soldiers in the history of the Polish nation. Soldiers who held on to the value of freedom, who fought fearlessly until the very end,” said the head of the Polish government.

(Not)forbidden songs

The Prime Minister attended the concert “Varsovians sing (not)forbidden songs”. Songs about the uprising resounded in the heart of the capital for which battles were fought 78 years ago. This is another part of the commemoration of the heroes of the Warsaw Uprising.

“Thank you to everyone who preserve the memory of the Warsaw Uprising. Today, this remembrance gives us a completely different outlook for the future,” thanked the Prime Minister. “Without the Warsaw Uprising, “Solidarity” would not exist. Thus, our contemporary freedom would not exist. We would not be here today as we are without the Warsaw Uprising, without the Warsaw Insurgents.”