During the ceremony on 2 September 2021, a letter from the President of the Institute of National Remembrance, Karol Nawrocki, Ph.D. was read out by his Deputy, Krzysztof Szwagrzyk:

In the spring of 1940, the NKVD committed a terrible crime. At least 21,768 Polish citizens: soldiers, policemen, foresters, representatives of the intelligentsia were brutally murdered with a shot to the back of the head.

The cruelty of the crime is compounded by the fact that it had been lied about or silenced for years. Today, we can freely cultivate the memory of our countrymen.

The Polish War Cemetery in Miednoye was opened twenty-one years ago. It is  the place of the eternal rest of over 6,300 prisoners of Ostashkov: mainly officers of the State Police and the Police of the Silesian Voivodeship, Border Guards and Prison Guards, soldiers and officers of the Border Protection Corps and other military formations. The struggle for their worthy commemoration lasted a long time (...)

Today, standing in front of the obelisk dedicated to the memory of the fallen officers, we can call out to those resting at the largest police necropolis in the world: “Sleep, my friends, in a dark grave, may you dream of Poland!”

The earth from Miednoye was placed in the obelisk thus becoming a constant reminder of their loyalty to the given oath, even at the cost of their lives. Let’s cherish their memory! – wrote the President of the Institute of National Remembrance, Karol Nawrocki, Ph.D.