Katyń Memorial Day

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Polish national remembrance day commemoration day

Katyń Memorial Day is a Polish national day of remembrance honoring the victims of the 1940 Soviet massacre of Polish officers and intelligentsia in the Katyń Forest and related sites.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Dzień Pamięci Ofiar Zbrodni Katyńskiej	1
Katyń Memorial Day canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Polish national remembrance day ⓘ commemoration day ⓘ
appliesTo	victims of mass executions in Kalinin (Tver) ⓘ victims of mass executions in Katyń Forest ⓘ victims of mass executions in Kharkiv ⓘ victims of related NKVD execution sites ⓘ
commemorates	Polish intelligentsia murdered by the Soviet NKVD in 1940 ⓘ Polish officers murdered by the Soviet NKVD in 1940 ⓘ victims of related NKVD executions in 1940 ⓘ victims of the Katyń massacre ⓘ
country	Poland ⓘ
dateObserved	April 13 ⓘ
establishedBy	Sejm ⓘ surface form: Sejm of the Republic of Poland
followsCalendar	Gregorian calendar (Western churches) ⓘ surface form: Gregorian calendar
hasCause	Katyn massacre ⓘ surface form: Katyń massacre Soviet execution of Polish prisoners of war in 1940 ⓘ
hasLanguage	Polish ⓘ
hasTheme	commemoration of crimes of Stalinism ⓘ remembrance of victims of totalitarian regimes ⓘ
hasTypeOfVictim	Polish Army officers ⓘ Polish intelligentsia ⓘ Polish police officers ⓘ Polish professionals and community leaders ⓘ Polish state officials ⓘ
inception	2007 ⓘ
legalStatus	official remembrance day in Poland ⓘ
locationOfPrimaryEvent	Kalinin (Tver) NKVD prison ⓘ Katyn war cemetery ⓘ surface form: Katyń Forest near Smolensk Kharkiv NKVD prison ⓘ
namedAfter	Katyn massacre ⓘ surface form: Katyń Forest Katyn massacre ⓘ surface form: Katyń massacre
observedBy	Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland ⓘ surface form: Polish Armed Forces Polish diaspora communities ⓘ Polish schools ⓘ Polish state institutions ⓘ
officialName	Katyń Memorial Day self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dzień Pamięci Ofiar Zbrodni Katyńskiej
partOf	Polish culture of remembrance ⓘ
recognizedBy	Republic of Poland ⓘ
relatedTo	Katyn massacre ⓘ surface form: Katyń massacre Soviet political repression ⓘ World War II ⓘ
significance	honors Polish military and civilian elites murdered in 1940 ⓘ
timePeriodCommemorated	1940 ⓘ
typicalActivity	educational events about the Katyń massacre ⓘ laying wreaths at Katyń memorials ⓘ official state ceremonies ⓘ religious services for the victims ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Katyn massacre → commemoratedOn → Katyń Memorial Day ⓘ

Katyń Memorial Day → officialName → Katyń Memorial Day self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dzień Pamięci Ofiar Zbrodni Katyńskiej