Monument of Katyń Crime

Monument of Katyń Crime

The monument was designed by Warsaw sculptor and medallist Tadeusz Tchórzewski. It consists of two oblong blocks of granite, symbolizing mass graves of Polish officers and policemen executed by NKVD (Soviet Secret Services) in 1940. On the top pedestal there is a winged Angel of Death, in front of him between symbolical graves, there is Pieta of Katyń, personified Homeland Mother mourning the body of an executed war prisoner. On the granite walls of the graves there are names of Polish war prisoners' camps: Kozielsk, Ostaszków, Starobielsk and the places of mass murders of Katyń, Miednoje, Charków. The monument was ceremonially unveiled on 22 October 2000.