Polish soldiers’ graves vandalized at another cemetery in Hrodna region

April 12, BPN. Belarusian authorities ordered the destruction of a granite plate marking the burial site of Polish Armia Krajowa’s soldiers in Varziany, Astraviec district, znadniemna.pl reported.

The local Polish minority has been taking care of the graves where 18 Polish partisans who fought against the Nazis during World War II are buried.

Attacks on Polish soldiers’ graves and memorials in Belarus started in June 2022. By late October, reports said that Belarusian authorities sanctioned destruction of at least 13 Polish memorial sites, including war graves, monuments and memorial signs.

As part of decommunization, Poland has been demolishing Soviet monuments, but this does not apply to burial sites.