Independent media in Belarus informed on Monday that a grave of Polish soldiers in Plebanishki, some 20 kilometres from Grodno, has been demolished. Polish Foreign Ministry said it was looking into the matter.
A grave of Polish soldiers located in Plebanishki, approx. 20 kilometres from Grodno, has been demolished - Belarusian independent media informed, quoting the Union of Poles in Belarus.
According to Mostmedia.io, it was a joint burial place of Home Army soldiers - Kaziemierz Achramowicz, Mieczysław Misiuta, Anna Zarzycka and Bolesław Misiuro - who had been killed in a battle against the Germans in 1943. Their bodies were found and buried by local residents.
Mostmedia.io added that the memorial cross at the burial site had been raised in the 1990s by Helena Przepieść, who had been originally from Plebanishki, but lived in Gdańsk. It is yet another case of Polish graves being demolished by local authorities, and the first one this month.
Burial sites of Polish soldiers demolished in Belarus
Earlier on, reports were coming in regarding graves of Polish soldiers being razed to ground in Jodkowiche, Mikulishki, Vawkavysk, Kachychy, Strievka, Surkonty and Pieskawtsy.
Poland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs called the actions of Belarusian authorities and "act of bestiality", undermining mutual commitment to protect memorial sites. "We are looking into the case. Sadly, dead Poles and those still living are still falling victim to dictator Alexander Lukashenko," said MFA spokesperson Łukasz Jasina.
After the Mikulishki graves had been destroyed, Belarusian Foreign Ministry said no burial sites had been registered in that area.
Źródło: TVN24 News in English, PAP
Źródło zdjęcia głównego: Alexei Nikolsky/kremlin.ru/TASS/PAP