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The
Gloria
Victis
Monument
is
a
monument
commemorating
Home
Army
soldiers
who
died
during
the
Warsaw
Uprising
and
German
occupation,
at
the
Powązki
Military
Cemetery
in
Warsaw.
The
monument
was
unveiled
on
August
1,
1946.
It
is
the
central
point
of
a
compact
area
of
quarters
containing
the
graves
of
soldiers
of
all
Home
Army
units
fighting
in
the
uprising,
exhumed
from
various
parts
of
the
city
in
the
years
1945–1947.
The
monument
has
the
form
of
a
prism
made
of
black
granite
placed
on
a
wide
plinth.
On
the
front
wall
of
the
monument
there
is
the
sign
of
the
Virtuti
Militari
Cross
and
the
Latin
maxim
Gloria
Victis
(Glory
to
the
vanquished).
Every
year
on
August
1
at
At
5
p.m.
(in
the
"W"
hour)
anniversary
celebrations
take
place
at
the
Gloria
Victis
monument
with
the
participation
of
representatives
of
the
authorities,
veterans,
their
families
and
residents
of
Warsaw.
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The
Gloria
Victis
monument
is
a
monument
commemorating
Home
Army
soldiers,
who
died
during
the
Warsaw
Uprising
and
German
occupation,
at
the
Powązki
Military
Cemetery
in
Warsaw.
The
monument
was
unveiled
on
August
1,
1946.
It
is
the
central
point
of
a
compact
area
of
quarters,
in
which
there
are
graves
of
soldiers
of
all
units
of
the
Home
Army
fighting
in
the
uprising,
exhumed
from
various
parts
of
the
city
in
the
years
1945-1947.
The
monument
has
the
form
of
a
prism
made
of
black
granite
placed
on
a
wide
pedestal.
On
the
front
wall
of
the
monument
there
is
the
sign
of
the
Cross
of
Virtuti
Militari
and
the
Latin
sentence
Gloria
Victis
(Glory
to
the
Wronged).
Every
year,
August
1
at
17.00
(in
the
hour
"W")
at
the
Gloria
Victis
monument,
anniversary
celebrations
are
held
with
the
participation
of
representatives
of
the
authorities,
veterans,
their
families
and
residents
of
Warsaw.
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