2024-07-312024-07-312021-09-30https://hdl.handle.net/10929/138504The imposing Katyn Forest Massacre Monument, unveiled in 1991, stands at the end of Montgomery Street. It was sculpted by Polish-born Andrzej Pitynski of New York. The 34-foot bronze statue of a soldier--mouth gagged, hands bound, and struck in the back by a bayoneted rifle--stands atop a granite base that holds Katyn soil. It commemorates the Soviet massacre of over 22 thousand Polish prisoners, soldiers, and others in April and May 1940, when Soviet troops invaded eastern Poland by order of Joseph Stalin. The event led to the partition of Poland and the dissolution of the nation during World War II. The east side of the pediment has a bronze relief depicting the plight of starving Poles sent to Siberia.Original file name Katyn Memorial Collage_Fotor(3).jpeg3600 x 2800Each photograph within this collection is protected by copyright and/or related rights. Therefore, these photos may only be used in a way that is permitted by copyright and related rights legislation. The following terms of use for State Library patrons shall apply. 1. Educational Institution/student use is permitted as long as such usage adheres to all copyright and related rights legislation. In these instances, these photographs may only be used for educational or historical purposes. 2. Non-Commercial use is permitted without permission from the rights holder, as long as such use adheres to all copyright and related right legislation. 3. Under no circumstances may these photographs be used for commercial purposes without the direct permission of the rights-holder. 4. Under no circumstances may these photographs be used for political purposes. 5. Users must always give appropriate credit to the photographer. The credit may not in any way suggest the right's holder endorses the user or their use of the photographs. 6. Photographs may be copied or redistributed in any medium or format as long as such use does not violate copyright and related rights legislation. 7. Users may remix, transform, and rebuild upon the original photographs as long as it does not violate copyright and related rights legislation.Katyn MemorialWorld War IIPolish MemorialExchange PlaceDowntown Jersey CityJersey City WaterfrontJersey CityHudson CountyGatewayThe Gateway RegionNJ Gateway RegionNew Jersey Gateway RegionNew JerseyNJJerseyThe Garden StatuePolish History