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By Frank Milewski
NEWS from THE POLISH AMERICAN CONGRESS
HOLOCAUST DOCUMENTATION COMMITTEE
177 Kent St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11222 (718)349-9689
Veterans of Poland's anti-Nazi and anti-Communist underground
resistance -- the Home Army (Armia Krajowa) were in the forefront
of the annual commemoration of the Warsaw Uprising that took
place from August 1st to October 3rd, 1944.
In New York City, a commemorative mass marking this important
Polish anniversary was held on Sunday, August 3rd at St. Stanislaus
Bishop & Martyr Church in lower Manhattan, the first and oldest
church serving the city's Polish community. Its pastor, Rev. Lucius
Tyrasinski OSP, was the celebrant. Joining the AK veterans in the
religious observance was the Downstate Division of the Polish
American Congress and members of its Holocaust Documentation
Committee.
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