Please take the time to read the names of those who died at Smolensk; this list is primarily intended to remind my non-Polish readers of the magnitude of the tragedy that befell Poland that dreadful day five years ago. As you scroll down, the enormity and awfulness sinks in...
Joanna Agacka-Indecka, president of the Polish Bar Council
Ewa Bąkowska, representative of the Katyn Families
Lt. Gen. Andrzej Błasik, Commander of the Polish Air Force
Krystyna Bochenek, deputy speaker of the Senate
Anna Maria Borowska, representative of the Katyn Families
Bartosz Borowski, representative of the Katyn Families
Maj. Gen. Tadeusz Buk, Commander of the Polish Land Forces
Brig. Gen. Miron Chodakowski, Orthodox chaplain of the Polish Armed Forces
Lt. Col. Czesław Cywiński, president of the World Association of Home Army Soldiers
Lt. Col. Zbigniew Dębski, co-founder of the Union of Warsaw Insurgents
Leszek Deptuła, member of the Sejm (Polish parliament)
Grzegorz Dolniak, member of the Sejm
Katarzyna Doraczyńska, press officer at the Chancellery of the President of Poland
Edward Duchnowski, secretary general of the Union of Siberian Deportees
Aleksander Fedorowicz, interpreter at the chancellery of the President of Poland
Janina Fetlińska, senator
Lt. Col. Jarosław Florczak, close protection officer
Warrant Officer Artur Francuz, close protection officer
Gen. Franciszek Gągor, chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces
Grażyna Gęsicka, member of the Sejm, former Minister of Regional Development
Brig. Gen. Kazimierz Gilarski, commander of the Warsaw Garrison
Przemysław Gosiewski, member of the Sejm, former deputy premier
Fr. Bronisław Gostomski, personal chaplain to President Kaczorowski
Maj. Robert Grzywna, co-pilot
Mariusz Handzlik, undersecretary of state at the Chancellery of the President of Poland
Fr. Roman Indrzejczyk, personal chaplain to President Kaczyński
Lt. Paweł Janeczek, close protection officer
Dariusz Jankowski, member of staff at the Chancellery of the President of Poland
Natalia Januszko, flight attendant
Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka, member of the Sejm, former deputy premier
Fr. Józef Joniec, Roman Catholic priest
Ryszard Kaczorowski, former president of the Republic of Poland in Exile
Maria Kaczyńska, First Lady
Lech Kaczyński, President of Poland
Sebastian Karpiniuk, member of the Sejm
Vice-Admiral Andrzej Karweta, Commander of the Navy
Mariusz Kazana, director of diplomatic protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Janusz Kochanowski, Civil Rights Ombudsman
Brig. Gen. Stanisław Komornicki, chancellor of the Order of Virtuti Militari
Stanisław Komorowski, Deputy Minister of Defence
Warrant Officer Paweł Krajewski, close protection officer
Andrzej Kremer, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Fr. Zdzisław Król, member of the Council for the Protection of Martyrdom Sites
Janusz Krupski, head of the Office for War Veterans and Victims of Oppression
Janusz Kurtyka, President of IPN (Institute of National Remembrance)
Andrzej Kwaśnik, Roman Catholic police chaplain and chaplain to the Katyn Families
Lt. Gen. Bronisław Kwiatkowski, commander of the Polish Armed Forces' Operational Command
Col. Wojciech Lubiński, personal physician to President Kaczyński
Tadeusz Lutoborski, representative of the Katyn families association
Barbara Maciejczyk, flight attendant
Barbara Mamińska, director of the Decorations Office, Chancellery of the President of Poland
Zenona Mamontowicz-Łojek, president of the Polish Katyn Foundation
Stefan Melak, head of the Katyn Committee
Tomasz Merta, deputy Minister of Culture and National Heritage
Warrant Officer Andrzej Michalak, flight engineer
Capt. Dariusz Michałowski, close protection officer
Stanisław Mikke, deputy head of the Council for the Protection of Martyrdom Sites
Justyna Moniuszko, flight attendant
Aleksandra Natalli-Świat, member of the Sejm
Janina Natusiewicz-Mirer, social activist
Second Lt. Piotr Nosek, close protection officer
Piotr Nurowski, president of the Polish Olympic Committee
Bronisława Orawiec-Löffler, representative of the Katyn Families
Lt. Col. Fr. Jan Osiński, Roman Catholic priest
Col. Adam Pilch, Lutheran military chaplain
Katarzyna Piskorska, representative of the Katyn Families
Maciej Płażyński, member of the Sejm, former Speaker of the Sejm
Maj. Gen. Tadeusz Płoski, Roman Catholic Bishop of the Polish Armed Forces
Junior Warrant Officer Agnieszka Pogródka–Węcławek, close protection officer
Maj. Gen. Włodzimierz Potasiński, commander of the Polish Special Forces
Capt. Arkadiusz Protasiuk, pilot
Andrzej Przewoźnik , secretary of the Council for the Protection of Martyrdom Sites
Krzysztof Putra, deputy speaker of the Sejm
Fr. Ryszard Rumianek, rector of the Cardinal Wyszyński University
Arkadiusz Rybicki, member of the Sejm
Andrzej Sariusz-Skąpski, president of the Federation of Katyn Families
Wojciech Seweryn, sculptor, creator of the Katyn Monument in Chicago
Sławomir Skrzypek, president of the National Bank of Poland
Leszek Solski, representative of the Katyn Families
Władysław Stasiak, head of the Chancellery of the President of Poland
Warrant Officer Jacek Surówka, close protection officer
Aleksander Szczygło, head of the National Security Bureau
Jerzy Szmajdziński, deputy speaker of the Sejm, former Defence Minister
Jolanta Szymanek-Deresz, member of the Sejm
Izabela Tomaszewska, head of protocol at the Chancellery of the President of Poland
Warrant Officer Marek Uleryk, close protection officer
Anna Walentynowicz, co-founder of the Solidarity trade union movement
Teresa Walewska-Przyjałkowska, deputy president of the Golgotha of the East Foundation
Zbigniew Wassermann, member of the Sejm
Wiesław Woda, member of the Sejm
Edward Wojtas member of the Sejm
Paweł Wypych, secretary of state at the Chancellery of the President of Poland
Stanisław Zając, senator
Janusz Zakrzeński, actor
Lt. Artur Ziętek, navigator
Gabriela Zych, representative of the Katyn Families
Cześć Ich Pamięci.
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I do rememeber this big loss to Poland, not just because I left by OKĘCIE the day before.
It left me in shock too. I do also remember very well the state of shock the Polish people, also abroad, were in. And the anouncement at the Polish remembrance site without the Russians, on television. All the empty chairs.
Best regards, Alexander
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