Katyn Victims Monument in Katowice

The Katyn Victims Monument stands on plac Andrzeja in Katowice and commemorates Polish Army officers murdered by the Soviets during the Second World War. It was unveiled on 24 May 2001.

What the monument shows

Its authors are the sculptor Stanisław Hochuł and the architect Marian Skałkowski. The sculpture shows a policeman and two officers standing over a death pit.

The plinth-ramp bears the inscription: Katyń, Kharkiv, Mednoye and other places of extermination in the territory of the former USSR. 1940.

Who funded it

The construction was initiated by the Katyn Monument Building Committee, operating at the Katyn Family association (Rodzina Katyńska) based in Katowice, together with the Katowice branch of the Association of Polish Architects.

Practical information

• The monument stands in the south-eastern part of plac Andrzeja, opposite the garrison church, at the junction of ulica Mikołaja Kopernika and ulica Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie.
• The monument stands in the open space of the square.