The turn of January and February 1946 was tragic for the Orthodox inhabitants of the village: Zaleszany, Puchały Stare and Zanie.

It was then that the "Burego" branch murdered 79 people, including children. The Delegation of the Left today laid flowers in front of a monument dedicated to the inhabitants of the village of Zaleszany, killed by Bure's troops. It is our duty to upplay the historical truth in the face of pis writing history anew. We oppose the deceit of history and the uncritical glorification of the Soldiers of the Forged." What happened in Zaleszana, what happened in other nearby villages was a crime of genocide, said Adrian Zandberg, MP Together. "Innocent people died because they professed a different faith, that they spoke a different language at home. This right should not be called into question. It should not be politically instrumentalised. I think many of you may feel that the Polish state, our state, has failed in this matter, that for years it has not been able to make it clear and unequivocally say that the victims were victims and the criminal. That for many years it has not been able to clearly and unequivocally ensure that compensation is even symbolic for the families of the victims and to take care of this memory. He wants to tell you here that I believe deeply that this will change. I firmly believe that if not next year, if not in two years, then in a few years the representatives of the Polish government will stand here and bow their heads in front of this monument and pay tribute to the memory of the victims and pay justice to historical memory of these tragic events that have taken place here. And I hope that this day, when the representatives of the Polish Parliament are here, when the Deputy Speaker of the Sejm is with us, this is the first step towards recognizing the historical truth and bending his head before this monument, before the victims. Make sure that no one ever disputes that they are victims and a criminal. Deputy Speaker of the Sejm Włodzimierz Czarzasty and Members Adrian Zandberg and Paweł Krutul are the most senior representatives of the Polish State who took part in today's celebrations. It should be recalled that the President of the SLD and the leader of Total every year come to Podlasie to protest against glorifying the murderers and to honor the memory of their victims. Last year, the politicians of the Left also visited Hajnówka.Adrian Zandbergartur bajkobiałystokgrzegorz janoszkakoalijana club lewicylewicamichalina artysiewiczpaweł czabanpaweł krutulpodlasietogether podlaskieromuald bury rajsromuald rajssejmseweryn prokopiukwłodzimierz czarzastyszaleszanysoldiers hatched