National Day of the Cursed Soldiers

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The National Day of the Cursed Soldiers is a Polish remembrance day honoring the anti-communist underground resistance fighters who opposed Soviet domination after World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Polish national remembrance day
public holiday in Poland
alsoKnownAs National Day of the Cursed Soldiers
surface form: National Day of Remembrance of the Cursed Soldiers

National Day of the Cursed Soldiers
surface form: National Remembrance Day of the Cursed Soldiers
commemorates Polish anti-communist resistance after World War II
resistance to Soviet domination in Poland
country Poland
dateSelectionReason anniversary of the execution of leaders of the Freedom and Independence association
establishedBy Parliament of Poland
hasPoliticalContext anti-communism
historicalContext post-World War II period in Poland
honors anti-communist underground resistance fighters in Poland
cursed soldiers
post-World War II anti-communist partisans
languageOfOfficialName Polish
legalBasis Act of the Polish Parliament of 3 February 2011
observedBy Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland
surface form: Polish armed forces

local governments in Poland
state institutions of Poland
veterans’ organizations in Poland
observedOn 1 March
officialNameInPolish National Day of the Cursed Soldiers self-linksurface differs
surface form: Narodowy Dzień Pamięci „Żołnierzy Wyklętych”
relatedTo Freedom and Independence (WiN)
surface form: Freedom and Independence (WiN) organization

Polish anti-communist resistance movement
Soviet occupation of Poland after World War II
cursed soldiers
startYearOfObservation 2011
subjectOfDebate interpretation of the legacy of the cursed soldiers
symbolizes resistance to communist rule in Poland
struggle for Polish independence after World War II
typeOfObservance memorial day
patriotic holiday
typicalActivities educational events about postwar resistance
laying wreaths at memorials
official speeches and ceremonies

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AK commemoratedOn National Day of the Cursed Soldiers
National Day of the Cursed Soldiers officialNameInPolish National Day of the Cursed Soldiers self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Narodowy Dzień Pamięci „Żołnierzy Wyklętych”
National Day of the Cursed Soldiers alsoKnownAs National Day of the Cursed Soldiers
this entity surface form: National Remembrance Day of the Cursed Soldiers
National Day of the Cursed Soldiers alsoKnownAs National Day of the Cursed Soldiers
this entity surface form: National Day of Remembrance of the Cursed Soldiers