Visit of the Katyn Museum staff to the Memorial Chamber at the Voivodeship Police Headquarters in Katowice
On 5 June 2024, staff members of the Katyn Museum, accompanied by the Museum’s Director, Sebastian Karwat, visited the Memorial Chamber at the Voivodeship Police Headquarters in Katowice, operated by the Board of the National Association “Police Family 1939”.
During the meeting, the Museum staff returned – following the completion of conservation work carried out earlier – historical artefacts recovered from the so-called “death pits” in Mednoye. The objects had previously been loaned by the Katyn Museum to the “Police Family 1939” Association in Katowice and constitute an important part of the historical exhibition and educational activities carried out under the title “Discovering History: Ostashkov – Tver – Mednoye”.
The exhibition presented at the Katowice Memorial Chamber is also used as part of other historical and educational programmes, including “A Meeting with History”, “Policemen in the Service of History” and “Silesian Police: History and the Present Day”. Between January 2008 and the end of May 2024, more than 24,000 people participated in these initiatives.
The visit of the Katyn Museum staff provided an opportunity to discuss further cooperation in the field of preserving, presenting and promoting commemorative objects connected with the Katyn Massacre, as well as educational activities dedicated to preserving the memory of Polish police officers murdered by the NKVD.
