"Soviet Occupation"

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17 September 2025

WARSAW, POLAND – SEPTEMBER 17: Hundreds of Warsaw high school students gather at the Monument to the Fallen and Murdered in the East to mark the 86th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland, honoring the victims of the Katyn Massacre and all those killed under Soviet repression, in Warsaw, Poland, on September 17, 2025. The Katyn Massacre, carried out by the NKVD on Joseph Stalin’s orders in the spring of 1940, claimed nearly 22,000 Polish officers, border guards, police, and intellectuals after the German-Soviet pact of 1939, which led to the partition and occupation of Poland at the start of World War II.

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#12765195

17 September 2025

WARSAW, POLAND – SEPTEMBER 17: A young student leaves flowers at the Monument to the Fallen and Murdered in the East during the ceremony to mark the 86th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland, honoring the victims of the Katyn Massacre and all those killed under Soviet repression, in Warsaw, Poland, on September 17, 2025. The Katyn Massacre, carried out by the NKVD on Joseph Stalin’s orders in the spring of 1940, claimed nearly 22,000 Polish officers, border guards, police, and intellectuals after the German-Soviet pact of 1939, which led to the partition and occupation of Poland at the start of World War II.

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#12765196

17 September 2025

WARSAW, POLAND – SEPTEMBER 17: A young student leaves candle at the Monument to the Fallen and Murdered in the East during the ceremony to mark the 86th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland, honoring the victims of the Katyn Massacre and all those killed under Soviet repression, in Warsaw, Poland, on September 17, 2025. The Katyn Massacre, carried out by the NKVD on Joseph Stalin’s orders in the spring of 1940, claimed nearly 22,000 Polish officers, border guards, police, and intellectuals after the German-Soviet pact of 1939, which led to the partition and occupation of Poland at the start of World War II.

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#12765197

17 September 2025

WARSAW, POLAND – SEPTEMBER 17: FLowers left by young students at the Monument to the Fallen and Murdered in the East during the ceremony to mark the 86th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland, honoring the victims of the Katyn Massacre and all those killed under Soviet repression, in Warsaw, Poland, on September 17, 2025. The Katyn Massacre, carried out by the NKVD on Joseph Stalin’s orders in the spring of 1940, claimed nearly 22,000 Polish officers, border guards, police, and intellectuals after the German-Soviet pact of 1939, which led to the partition and occupation of Poland at the start of World War II.

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#12765200

17 September 2025

WARSAW, POLAND – SEPTEMBER 17: Hundreds of Warsaw high school students gather at the Monument to the Fallen and Murdered in the East to mark the 86th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland, honoring the victims of the Katyn Massacre and all those killed under Soviet repression, in Warsaw, Poland, on September 17, 2025. The Katyn Massacre, carried out by the NKVD on Joseph Stalin’s orders in the spring of 1940, claimed nearly 22,000 Polish officers, border guards, police, and intellectuals after the German-Soviet pact of 1939, which led to the partition and occupation of Poland at the start of World War II.

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#12765201

17 September 2025

WARSAW, POLAND – SEPTEMBER 17: A young student leaves candle at the Monument to the Fallen and Murdered in the East during the ceremony to mark the 86th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland, honoring the victims of the Katyn Massacre and all those killed under Soviet repression, in Warsaw, Poland, on September 17, 2025. The Katyn Massacre, carried out by the NKVD on Joseph Stalin’s orders in the spring of 1940, claimed nearly 22,000 Polish officers, border guards, police, and intellectuals after the German-Soviet pact of 1939, which led to the partition and occupation of Poland at the start of World War II.

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#12765190

17 September 2025

WARSAW, POLAND – SEPTEMBER 17: Hundreds of Warsaw high school students gather at the Monument to the Fallen and Murdered in the East to mark the 86th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland, honoring the victims of the Katyn Massacre and all those killed under Soviet repression, in Warsaw, Poland, on September 17, 2025. The Katyn Massacre, carried out by the NKVD on Joseph Stalin’s orders in the spring of 1940, claimed nearly 22,000 Polish officers, border guards, police, and intellectuals after the German-Soviet pact of 1939, which led to the partition and occupation of Poland at the start of World War II.

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#12765191

17 September 2025

WARSAW, POLAND – SEPTEMBER 17: Details of the Monument to the Fallen and Murdered in the East where Hundreds of Warsaw high school students gather to mark the 86th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland, honoring the victims of the Katyn Massacre and all those killed under Soviet repression, in Warsaw, Poland, on September 17, 2025. The Katyn Massacre, carried out by the NKVD on Joseph Stalin’s orders in the spring of 1940, claimed nearly 22,000 Polish officers, border guards, police, and intellectuals after the German-Soviet pact of 1939, which led to the partition and occupation of Poland at the start of World War II.

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#12765193

17 September 2025

WARSAW, POLAND – SEPTEMBER 17: Hundreds of Warsaw high school students gather at the Monument to the Fallen and Murdered in the East to mark the 86th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland, honoring the victims of the Katyn Massacre and all those killed under Soviet repression, in Warsaw, Poland, on September 17, 2025. The Katyn Massacre, carried out by the NKVD on Joseph Stalin’s orders in the spring of 1940, claimed nearly 22,000 Polish officers, border guards, police, and intellectuals after the German-Soviet pact of 1939, which led to the partition and occupation of Poland at the start of World War II.

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17 September 2025

WARSAW, POLAND – SEPTEMBER 17: Hundreds of Warsaw high school students gather at the Monument to the Fallen and Murdered in the East to mark the 86th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland, honoring the victims of the Katyn Massacre and all those killed under Soviet repression, in Warsaw, Poland, on September 17, 2025. The Katyn Massacre, carried out by the NKVD on Joseph Stalin’s orders in the spring of 1940, claimed nearly 22,000 Polish officers, border guards, police, and intellectuals after the German-Soviet pact of 1939, which led to the partition and occupation of Poland at the start of World War II.

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#12765199

17 September 2025

WARSAW, POLAND – SEPTEMBER 17: Hundreds of Warsaw high school students gather at the Monument to the Fallen and Murdered in the East to mark the 86th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland, honoring the victims of the Katyn Massacre and all those killed under Soviet repression, in Warsaw, Poland, on September 17, 2025. The Katyn Massacre, carried out by the NKVD on Joseph Stalin’s orders in the spring of 1940, claimed nearly 22,000 Polish officers, border guards, police, and intellectuals after the German-Soviet pact of 1939, which led to the partition and occupation of Poland at the start of World War II.

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#12764600

17 September 2025

The monument of the fallen and murdered in the east is pictured during the 86th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland in Warsaw, Poland, on September 17, 2025. The Soviet invasion of Poland takes place on September 17, 1939, as a consequence of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact between the Third Reich and the Soviet Union and results in several thousands of Poles killed by the Red Army, arrests, and deportations to gulags.

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#12764601

17 September 2025

Poland's President Karol Nawrocki lays a wreath at the monument of the fallen and murdered in the east as he takes part in the 86th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland in Warsaw, Poland, on September 17, 2025. The Soviet invasion of Poland takes place on September 17, 1939, as a consequence of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact between the Third Reich and the Soviet Union and results in several thousands of Poles killed by the Red Army, arrests, and deportations to gulags.

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#12764603

17 September 2025

Poland's President Karol Nawrocki lays a wreath at the monument of the fallen and murdered in the east as he takes part in the 86th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland in Warsaw, Poland, on September 17, 2025. The Soviet invasion of Poland takes place on September 17, 1939, as a consequence of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact between the Third Reich and the Soviet Union and results in several thousands of Poles killed by the Red Army, arrests, and deportations to gulags.

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#12764605

17 September 2025

Poland's President Karol Nawrocki lays a wreath at the monument of the fallen and murdered in the east as he takes part in the 86th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland in Warsaw, Poland, on September 17, 2025. The Soviet invasion of Poland takes place on September 17, 1939, as a consequence of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact between the Third Reich and the Soviet Union and results in several thousands of Poles killed by the Red Army, arrests, and deportations to gulags.

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17 September 2025

Poland's President Karol Nawrocki lays a wreath at the monument of the fallen and murdered in the east as he takes part in the 86th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland in Warsaw, Poland, on September 17, 2025. The Soviet invasion of Poland takes place on September 17, 1939, as a consequence of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact between the Third Reich and the Soviet Union and results in several thousands of Poles killed by the Red Army, arrests, and deportations to gulags.

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