Soldiers of Armia Krajowa won’t be Regarded as Veterans in Belarus

[May 9]:

The public organization ‘Union of Poles in Belarus’ once again did not manage to influence the authorities to recognize the soldiers of Armija Krajowa as veterans of the WWII in Belarus.

According to Józef Parzecki, the deputy head of UPB, there are about 100 such people in Horadnia region. J. Parzecki said that this kind of appeal was several times sent to the authorities of Belarus, but the answer was always negative.

One of these days the next negative answer was received from the deputy minister of labour and social protection, mr. Karol. It is written there that the appeal to the president about soldiers of AK was considered by the public organization of the veterans, committee on archives and Institute of history of the Academy of Sciences on the behalf of the government. According to Mr Parzecki the answer was negative.

In Poland the members of AK are equal in their rights with veterans of Armija Ludowa that was fighting on the side of the Soviet Union and others, they have the same pensions and privileges. Polish consulate institutions try to support veterans of AK in Belarus.


For reference: Armia Krajowa was created by Polish government in exile in London on February 14, 1942. The main aim was to restore Polish state within its inter-war borders (and therefore with Western Belarus, which was incorporated in Rzecz Pospolita Polska in 1921, despite the protests from government of Belarusian Democratic Republic which forced to exile both by Soviet and Polish forces). In different periods of German occupation AK fought against fascists, Soviet army and Belarusian independencist underground, thus the question of estimation of AK’s activities in Belarus remains controversial.

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