78 years ago, on 28 August 1946, Danuta Siedzikówna, codenamed “Inka”, a medical orderly of the 5th Wilno Brigade of the Home Army and Feliks Selmanowicz, codenamed "Zagończyk" were sentenced to death by a communist court, executed and buried in an unmarked grave in Gdańsk. Decades later, the IPN's Office of Search and Identification located their remains, and they were given a state burial. On 28th August 2024, both were commemorated at the Military Cemetery in Gdańsk.
Representatives of state and local authorities, uniformed services, social organizations, cultural institutions, veterans, scouts, and residents of Gdańsk gathered at the graves of the Heroes. The IPN was represented by a delegation headed by President Karol Nawrocki and Deputy President Karol Polejowski.
The next part of the ceremony took place at the wall of the Detention Center in Gdańsk. This is where the Heroes spent their last days and it is also here that they were murdered by the communists. The gathered guests paid their respects and laid flowers under the memorial plaque dedicated to the murdered, which is located on the wall of the Detention Center.
She was still underage when the communists killed her. “Inka” is now considered a national heroine, a symbol of Polish resistance against the communist regime enforced upon Poland and its crimes committed against Polish freedom fighters. Inka was executed together with Feliks Selmanowicz, “Zagończyk”, a soldier from Łupaszka’s unit. The teenage medic and middle-aged veteran were buried side-by-side in anonymous graves. Almost seventy years later, they were found. Thanks to IPN’s efforts, their remains have been discovered. The state funeral took place in 2016 on the 70th anniversary of the murder.
Read “Inka’s story "The cursed nurse"
An unknown photo of "Inka" was published in 2020. The picture, taken in mid-July 1946, shows this medical orderly of the Home Army 5th Wilno Brigade in the same dress as she was arrested soon afterwards.
Read the story of probably the last photo of "Inka"