The monument dedicated to the Hungarian soldiers who took part in the Warsaw Uprising has been restored after being damaged during  anti-abortion protests in the Polish capital.

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Hungarian Ambassador Orsolya Kovács Zsuzsanna and military attache József Szabó laid wreaths on Monday at the restored monument together with Deputy President of the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) Mateusz Szpytma. On Facebook and on Twitter the Hungarian embassy in Warsaw has thanked a volunteer who tried to remove the graffiti as well as the Polish National Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) for clearing the monument.

Monument paying tribute to Hungarians in 1944 Warsaw Uprising was unveiled in September 2017. 

The Warsaw Uprising – the single largest military effort undertaken by resistance forces to oppose German occupation during World War II – broke out on August 1, 1944. Under instructions from Budapest, Hungarian troops stationing near Warsaw did not join the fight, but supplied ammunitions, food and medications to the Polish fighters, and provided shelter to the wounded and to refugees.

(jap / photo credit: Embassy of Hungary in Warsaw/Facebook)