"Soviet Occupation"

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8 February 2026

In Oswiecim, Poland, on January 27, 2026, survivor Janusz Rudnicki lays wreaths and lights candles at the Death Wall near Block 11 during the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp. Auschwitz is a German Nazi concentration and extermination camp and remains the most recognizable symbol of the Holocaust. Jews from across Europe are murdered there, along with Poles, Roma, Sinti, and Soviet prisoners of war. On January 27, 1945, the Red Army enters the camp, liberating its prisoners. Twenty-one survivors participate in the commemoration.

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9 December 2025

TALLINN, ESTONIA – DECEMBER 8: Monuments to Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin and several Estonian communist figures are displayed at the 'Soviet Statue Graveyard' outside Maarjamäe Palace, part of an open-air collection of dismantled Soviet-era monuments preserved following Estonia’s restoration of independence, in Tallinn, Estonia, on December 8, 2025.

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9 December 2025

TALLINN, ESTONIA – DECEMBER 8, 2025: A monument to Hero of the Soviet Union Yevgeny Nikonov, originally erected in 1960 in Tallinn and later damaged by metal theft in the early 1990s, stands on display at the 'Soviet Statue Graveyard' outside Maarjamae Palace in Tallinn, Estonia, on December 8, 2025.

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#13012302

22 November 2025

RZESZOW, POLAND - NOVEMBER 21: A view of the monument to the Red Army located in the heart of Rzeszow, seen covered with fresh snow, in Rzeszow, Poland, on November 21, 2025. The Institute of Meteorology and Water Management issued a Moderate Snow and Ice Warning for southeastern Poland (Podkarpackie Voivodeship), forecasting periods of moderate to heavy snowfall and snow cover increases of 20 to 30 centimeters in some areas.

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#13012305

22 November 2025

RZESZOW, POLAND - NOVEMBER 21: A view of the monument to the Red Army located in the heart of Rzeszow, seen covered with fresh snow, in Rzeszow, Poland, on November 21, 2025. The Institute of Meteorology and Water Management issued a Moderate Snow and Ice Warning for southeastern Poland (Podkarpackie Voivodeship), forecasting periods of moderate to heavy snowfall and snow cover increases of 20 to 30 centimeters in some areas.

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22 November 2025

RZESZOW, POLAND - NOVEMBER 21: A view of the monument to the Red Army located in the heart of Rzeszow, seen covered with fresh snow, in Rzeszow, Poland, on November 21, 2025. The Institute of Meteorology and Water Management issued a Moderate Snow and Ice Warning for southeastern Poland (Podkarpackie Voivodeship), forecasting periods of moderate to heavy snowfall and snow cover increases of 20 to 30 centimeters in some areas.

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#12765198

17 September 2025

WARSAW, POLAND – SEPTEMBER 17: The Monument to the Fallen and Murdered in the East covered with Polish flags 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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#12765207

17 September 2025

WARSAW, POLAND – SEPTEMBER 17: 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: The Monument to the Fallen and Murdered in the East covered with Polish flags 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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#12765211

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: A rose 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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17 September 2025

WARSAW, POLAND – SEPTEMBER 17: Flowers and wreaths 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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17 September 2025

WARSAW, POLAND – SEPTEMBER 17: Young students leave candles 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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17 September 2025

WARSAW, POLAND – SEPTEMBER 17: Candles 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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17 September 2025

WARSAW, POLAND – SEPTEMBER 17: 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: 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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