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01.03.2024

The Museum of Cursed Soldiers and Political Prisoners of the Polish People's Republic has presented three new exhibitions

On 29 February 2024, the Museum of Cursed Soldiers and Political Prisoners of the Polish People's Republic at 37 Rakowiecka Street in Warsaw presented the exhibitions: "The Secrets of Objects" "The Evidence of a Crime" and "Human Rights."

The presentation of the exhibitions was preceded by a press conference, during which Adrianna Garnik, the Director of the Museum, presented the Museum's initiatives in connection with the celebration of Cursed Soldiers National Remembrance Day.

In turn, the curator of "The Evidence of a Crime. Items from lot “Ł” at Pavilion X of the Rakowiecka prison" exhibition introduced visitors to its content. During the tour of the Museum, viewers also participated in an audiovisual show, prepared by actor and director Leszek Zdunia.

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"The Evidence of a Crime" –the exhibition  located in pavilion X of Mokotów prison, tells the story of the victims and their executioners. Through several floors stretches the story of interrogations, investigations and eventually prison and death sentences. It is a story about people who spent the best years of their lives behind bars or ended their lives in nameless graves in the Powązki cemetery. Finally, it's a story about the search and exhumations and the restoration of memory and dignity.

" The Secrets of objects" - The temporary exhibition is located in the basement of the main prison building. It is a symbolic story about specific people, presented through objects belonging to them, often very personal.

"Human Rights" - located in the basement of the main building, the exhibition depicts the basic rights that the soldiers of the pro-independence underground believed in and died for. It is also a story about the violation of these rights by the communist regime and the people who sacrificed their lives defending them.

 

 


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