On the eve of the 82nd anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising, a solemn outdoor Mass was celebrated at Krasiński Square in Warsaw for the fallen insurgents, their commanders, and the civilian population of Warsaw. After the Mass, a roll call of the fallen was read, and wreaths and flowers were laid at the Warsaw Uprising Monument.

The ceremony was attended by Karol Nawrocki, President of the Republic of Poland, and Mateusz Szpytma, Ph.D., Deputy President of the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN).

1 August 2026

The ceremonies began at 9:00 a.m. at 68 Filtrowa Street—the site of the former underground headquarters of the Warsaw District of the Home Army—with the laying of flowers at the plaque commemorating Col. Antoni Chruściel “Monter’s” signing of the order to launch the Warsaw Uprising. The event was attended by Jan Józef Kasprzyk, advisor to the President of Poland, and Zbigniew Siedlewski, director of the IPN Warsaw Branch.

The monument “To the Women of the Warsaw Uprising” on Krasiński Square commemorates the women who participated in the Warsaw Uprising—nurses, liaison officers, and the thousands of Warsaw women who lost their lives as civilians during the fighting. On behalf of the Institute of National Remembrance, Z. Siedlewski laid flowers at the monument.

At the Memorial to the Fighting Mokotów 1944 in Gen. Gustaw Orlicz-Dreszer Park, Mokotów’s commemorative events marking the 82nd anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising began. The Institute of National Remembrance was represented by Marzena Kruk, director of the IPN Archive. Afterwards, Warsaw residents wnet down Puławska Street during the traditional “Mokotów March” to Dworkowa Street, where they gathered at the obelisk “In Memory of the Home Army Soldiers and Mokotów Insurgents.”

In tribute to the heroes of the struggle for free Poland, Adam Siwek, director of the IPN Office for the Commemoration of Struggles and Martyrdom, laid flowers at the Monument to General Stefan Rowecki “Grot” and the Monument to the Polish Underground State and the Home Army.

Z. Siedlewski laid flowers at the Monument to the Mother, at the plaque commemorating the Gray Ranks, and at the memorial stone honoring the civilian residents and insurgents of Warsaw who were deported and murdered in concentration camps during the Warsaw Uprising.

He also paid tribute to Col. Antoni Chruściel, “Monter,” at his grave at the Powązki Military Cemetery in Warsaw.