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23 May 2025

In Krakow, Poland, on May 22, 2025, Deputy Commander of the 11th MBOT, Lt. Col. Andrzej Siola, participates in the basic training military exam called ''Tactical Loop'' on the premises of GOSz Pasternik. The basic training military exam called ''Tactical Loop'' takes place on the premises of the Garrison Training Center (GOSz) Pasternik as part of the selection for the 11th Lesser Poland Territorial Defense Brigade. During the 16-day training, volunteers learn the construction and operation of military equipment, the basics of shooting, tactics, topography, and rules of conduct on the battlefield. After passing the exam, candidates take a ceremonial military oath.

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#12397905

23 May 2025

In Krakow, Poland, on May 22, 2025, Deputy Commander of the 11th MBOT, Lt. Col. Andrzej Siola, participates in the basic training military exam called ''Tactical Loop'' on the premises of GOSz Pasternik. The basic training military exam called ''Tactical Loop'' takes place on the premises of the Garrison Training Center (GOSz) Pasternik as part of the selection for the 11th Lesser Poland Territorial Defense Brigade. During the 16-day training, volunteers learn the construction and operation of military equipment, the basics of shooting, tactics, topography, and rules of conduct on the battlefield. After passing the exam, candidates take a ceremonial military oath.

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#12397911

23 May 2025

In Krakow, Poland, on May 22, 2025, Deputy Commander of the 11th MBOT, Lt. Col. Andrzej Siola (L), and Malopolska Voivode Krzysztof Jan Kleczar (R) participate in the basic training military exam called ''Tactical Loop'' at the Garrison Training Center (GOSz) Pasternik. The ''Tactical Loop'' exam is part of the selection process for the 11th Lesser Poland Territorial Defense Brigade. During the 16-day training, volunteers learn about the construction and operation of military equipment, the basics of shooting, tactics, topography, and rules of conduct on the battlefield. After passing the exam, candidates take a ceremonial military oath.

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#12300844

25 April 2025

Holocaust Survivor Sarah Weinstein and IDF Chief Cantor Lt. Col. Shai Abramson sing at the commemoration ceremony od the 37th anniversary of International March of the Living during the stormy weather at the former Nazi-German Auschwitz Birkenau II concentration and extermination camp in Brzezinka, Poland on April 24, 2025. Due to heavy rainfall the closing ceremony was shortened. The 2025 March of the Living from Auschwitz I to Auschwitz II-Birkenau is dedicated to the 80th Anniversary of the end of World War II and the liberation of the concentration camps in Nazi-occupied Europe. The annual march is a part of educational program, which brings Jewish students from around the world to Poland, where they explore the remnants of the Holocaust.

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#12115582

2 March 2025

Police attend the Holy Mass at Wawel during the celebration of the National Remembrance Day of the Cursed Soldiers in Krakow, Poland, on March 1, 2025. Poland observes the National Day of Remembrance of the Cursed Soldiers, a commemoration that takes place since 2011 on the anniversary of the murder of Lt. Col. Lukasz Cieplinski 'Plug,' a soldier of the ZWZ-AK. The holiday serves to honor the soldiers and activists of the anti-communist independence underground.

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#12115583

2 March 2025

Polish Army soldiers attend mass at Wawel Castle during the celebration of National Remembrance Day Of The Cursed Soldiers in Krakow, Poland, on March 1, 2025. Poland observes the National Day of Remembrance of the Cursed Soldiers, a commemoration that takes place since 2011 on the anniversary of the murder of Lt. Col. Lukasz Cieplinski 'Plug,' a soldier of the ZWZ-AK. The holiday serves to honor the soldiers and activists of the anti-communist independence underground.

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#12115584

2 March 2025

Polish Army soldiers attend mass at Wawel Castle during the celebration of National Remembrance Day Of The Cursed Soldiers in Krakow, Poland, on March 1, 2025. Poland observes the National Day of Remembrance of the Cursed Soldiers, a commemoration that takes place since 2011 on the anniversary of the murder of Lt. Col. Lukasz Cieplinski 'Plug,' a soldier of the ZWZ-AK. The holiday serves to honor the soldiers and activists of the anti-communist independence underground.

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#12115585

2 March 2025

Polish Army soldiers attend mass at Wawel Castle during the celebration of National Remembrance Day Of The Cursed Soldiers in Krakow, Poland, on March 1, 2025. Poland observes the National Day of Remembrance of the Cursed Soldiers, a commemoration that takes place since 2011 on the anniversary of the murder of Lt. Col. Lukasz Cieplinski 'Plug,' a soldier of the ZWZ-AK. The holiday serves to honor the soldiers and activists of the anti-communist independence underground.

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#12115586

2 March 2025

Polish Army soldiers attend mass at Wawel Castle during the celebration of National Remembrance Day Of The Cursed Soldiers in Krakow, Poland, on March 1, 2025. Poland observes the National Day of Remembrance of the Cursed Soldiers, a commemoration that takes place since 2011 on the anniversary of the murder of Lt. Col. Lukasz Cieplinski 'Plug,' a soldier of the ZWZ-AK. The holiday serves to honor the soldiers and activists of the anti-communist independence underground.

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#12115587

2 March 2025

Archbishop Marek Jedraszewski attends the Holy Mass in Wawel during the celebration of the National Remembrance Day Of The Cursed Soldiers in Krakow, Poland, on March 1, 2025. Poland observes the National Day of Remembrance of the Cursed Soldiers, a commemoration that takes place since 2011 on the anniversary of the murder of Lt. Col. Lukasz Cieplinski 'Plug,' a soldier of the ZWZ-AK. The holiday serves to honor the soldiers and activists of the anti-communist independence underground.

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#12115590

2 March 2025

Polish military police attend mass at Wawel Castle during the celebration of National Remembrance Day Of The Cursed Soldiers in Krakow, Poland, on March 1, 2025. Poland observes the National Day of Remembrance of the Cursed Soldiers, a commemoration that takes place since 2011 on the anniversary of the murder of Lt. Col. Lukasz Cieplinski 'Plug,' a soldier of the ZWZ-AK. The holiday serves to honor the soldiers and activists of the anti-communist independence underground.

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#12115595

2 March 2025

Polish military police attend mass at Wawel Castle during the celebration of National Remembrance Day Of The Cursed Soldiers in Krakow, Poland, on March 1, 2025. Poland observes the National Day of Remembrance of the Cursed Soldiers, a commemoration that takes place since 2011 on the anniversary of the murder of Lt. Col. Lukasz Cieplinski 'Plug,' a soldier of the ZWZ-AK. The holiday serves to honor the soldiers and activists of the anti-communist independence underground.

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#11455933

5 August 2024

RZESZOW, POLAND - AUGUST 1: Two Polish WWII and Home Army (AK) veterans, 103-year-old Lt. Col. Stefan Michalczak (R), known by the codenames 'Brzoza' and 'Jodla,' and 98-year-old Lt. Wladyslaw Bogaczewski (L), known by the codename 'Rak,' are pictured inside the army van at the conclusion of the 80th anniversary commemoration of the Warsaw Uprising, on August 1, 2024, in Rzeszow, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland.

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#11455930

5 August 2024

RZESZOW, POLAND - AUGUST 1: 103-year-old Polish WWII and Home Army (AK) veteran Lt. Col. Stefan Michalczak, known by the codenames 'Brzoza' and 'Jodla,' is pictured at the conclusion of the 80th anniversary commemoration of the Warsaw Uprising, on August 1, 2024, in Rzeszow, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland.

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#11455932

5 August 2024

RZESZOW, POLAND - AUGUST 1: 103-year-old Polish WWII and Home Army (AK) veteran Lt. Col. Stefan Michalczak, known by the codenames 'Brzoza' and 'Jodla,' is pictured at the conclusion of the 80th anniversary commemoration of the Warsaw Uprising, on August 1, 2024, in Rzeszow, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland.

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#11455899

5 August 2024

RZESZOW, POLAND - AUGUST 1: Two Polish WWII and Home Army (AK) veterans, Lt. Col. Stefan Michalczak (L) and Lt. Wladyslaw Bogaczewski (R), pictured during the 80th anniversary commemoration of the Warsaw Uprising, held at Rzeszow's Monument to the Memory of the Soldiers of the Home Army, on August 1, 2024, in Rzeszow, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland.

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