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Today, throughout the country, are taking place ceremonies associated with the National Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Genocide committed by Ukrainian nationalists on Polish citizens of the Second Polish Republic. In Opole, the event is organized by the Governor of the Opole Vovideship, Sławomir Kłosowski. The commemorations in the Opole Market Square will be preceded by a mass at 10.30 a.m. in the church of the Franciscan Friars. From there, attendees will go to the square in front the City Hall, sing the national anthem and listen to commemorative speeches as well lay flowers in front of commemorative plates dedicated to the victims of the crime. The Museum will be represented by its director Dr. Violetta Rezler-Wasielewska. A similar venue will be held in Niemodlin as well. Dr. Anna Wickiewicz, head of the Department of Education and Exhibitions of the CMJW will attend it.

This Sunday is the right time to join the action informing about an important project of the Institute of National Remembrance. The idea behind it is to establish the personalities of those who were murdered in Volhynia and Eastern Lesser Poland in 1939-1945, together with number of the victims. There have already been works initiated on a database of the victims in 2019 and presently, on the website https://zbrodniawolynska.pl/, there can be found 28 thousand registers assigned to almost 3 thousand places of the crime. The date is collected, verified and upgraded on a regular base.

The Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) is inviting everyone who has any information which could help to supplement the database, to cooperation.