Inner Harbor in Baltimore, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Katyń Remembered

Photographed by William Pfingsten, September 9, 2007

1. Katyń Remembered Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

When duty called they answered. When they refused the embrace of Stalin—they died. Now we commend them to the ages to be included amongst history’s martyrs.

In 1939, the Soviet Union in league with Nazi Germany attacked Poland taking into captivity thousands of its defenders. In 1940, after first being individually interrogated for potential political reliability, more than 20,000 military officers were then, one by one, brutally murdered, many being buried in mass graves in Katyn Forest near Smolensk, Russia.

Despite overwhelming evidence that the Soviets committed the Katyn massacre, they continued to deny the crime and to blame Germany. The United States and Great Britain essentially remained quiet about the issue until the Soviet Union admitted guilt in 1989. No one in the Soviet Union has ever been punished for this atrocity.

American Polania and its friends dedicate this monument as a permanent tribute to all mistreated prisoners of war, with the Katyn forest massacre serving as an extreme example. All are remembered here in prayer and reflection.

Jezeli Aapomne O Nich. Ty Boze W. Niebie Zapomnij O Mnie. • Should I forget them may God in Heaven forget me. —Adam Mickiewicz

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This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, World II. A significant historical year for this entry is 1939.

Location. 39° 16.977′ N, 76° 36.059′ W. Marker is in Baltimore, Maryland. It is in the Inner Harbor. It is at the intersection of President Street and Aliceanna Street, in the median on President Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Baltimore MD 21202, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Maryland.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic

and in the Chesapeake Bay Region.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 10 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Katyń Massacre, 1940 (within shouting distance of this marker); The National Katyń Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); President Street Station (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); a different marker

Katyń Memorial - Looking South image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Pfingsten, September 9, 2007

2. Katyń Memorial - Looking South

This abstract bronze sculpture by Andrzei Pitynski (1947– ) consists of a flame enclosing three suspended figures with their hands bound behind their backs.

also named President Street Station (about 600 feet away); Baltimore Riot Trail (about 600 feet away); On to Yorktown (about 600 feet away); Mr. Trash Wheel (about 700 feet away); Rouse-Flick Learning Tower (about 700 feet away); Living Classrooms Foundation (about 700 feet away); Discover Little Italy: A Taste of the Past (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Baltimore.

Other markers no longer nearby. Baltimore Riot Trail (was about 600 feet away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Living Classrooms Foundation's East Harbor Campus (was about 700 feet away but has been permanently removed); The Inner Harbor Water Wheel (was about 700 feet away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Also see . . . National Katyn Memorial, Baltimore, Maryland. (Submitted on April 28, 2008, by Carla Hazard Tomaszewski of Piney Point, MD, St. Mary's County.)

Katyń Memorial - Looking West image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Pfingsten, September 9, 2007

3. Katyń Memorial - Looking West

Credits. This page was last revised on October 9, 2021. It was originally submitted on September 10, 2007, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. This page has been viewed 2,754 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 10, 2007, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.