{"id":2874,"date":"2023-09-15T19:25:26","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T16:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/?post_type=news&#038;p=2874"},"modified":"2023-09-16T09:35:46","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T06:35:46","slug":"remembrance-exhibition-of-tragic-katyn-massacre","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/news\/remembrance-exhibition-of-tragic-katyn-massacre\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembrance Exhibition of tragic Katyn massacre"},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-2874","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news_categories-news-2"],"acf":{"hidden_news":"no","evidence":"yes","focus_on":"no","breaking":"yes","news_cover":{"id":2883,"url":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/09\/IMG-20230915-WA0013.jpg"},"news_content":"<p>On Friday 15th  the new Polish Ambassador, HE Pawel Soloch presented an exhibition at the Embassy to remember the massacre of Katyn.<br \/>\nIn spring 1940, on direct Stalin\u2019s and Beria\u2019s order, 22.000 military personnel and civilians were massacred by the Soviet secret police.<br \/>\nNot only 11.000 military and civilian members of the polish elite but also Ukrainians, Belorussians, Georgians and other nationalities, not only a long list of Jewish but also Catholic and Orthodox members of the different confessions were killed one by one over several days and thrown in mass graves discovered only three years later. A true \u201cegalitarianism of terror\u201d.<br \/>\nSeveral members of the diplomatic Corp, state secretaries participated to the event and paused for a minute of silence.  Ambassador Soloch declared that this remembrance will be repeated next year to keep the memory of this tragedy alive.<\/p>\n","news_gallery":"yes","news_gallery_elements":[{"id":2890,"url":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-09-15-at-22.29.37.jpg"},{"id":2881,"url":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/09\/IMG-20230915-WA0012.jpg"},{"id":2879,"url":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/09\/IMG-20230915-WA0010.jpg"},{"id":2877,"url":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/09\/IMG-20230915-WA0009.jpg"},{"id":2875,"url":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/09\/IMG-20230915-WA0008.jpg"}],"news_excerpt":"HE Pawel Soloch, the new Polish Ambassador, held an exhibition at the Embassy on Friday to remember the Katyn massacre. In 1940, 22,000 lives were tragically lost on Stalin's orders. This solemn event united dignitaries, and Ambassador Soloch pledged an annual remembrance to keep the memory alive."},"news_categories":[{"id":36,"name":"news","slug":"news-2","description":"","link":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/news-categories\/news-2\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie\/2874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie\/2874\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}