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Number of funerals soars in 2021

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As many as 30,000 more funerals took place in Poland in 2021 compared to the previous year, the Polish Funeral Industry Chamber reported on Monday.

Skeletal remains of men, women and children murdered by Gestapo finally laid to rest

The 75 victims buried today, which include three infants, were discovered during archaeological work carried out earlier this year by a special section of Poland’s Institute of National Remembrance.

Solidarity co-founder laid to rest in Warsaw

Henryk Wujec, a former anti-communist activist and one of the founding fathers of the Solidarity trade union, was laid to rest on Monday in Warsaw's Powązki Military Cemetery. Wujec died on August 15 aged 79.

Grave business! Funeral homes see drop in business as fewer people are dying DESPITE spread of COVID-19

According to the data, 36,557 people died in March 2020. Compared to previous years, the difference is minimal - 213 fewer people died in March 2019, while 40,000 Poles died in March 2018.

Former Polish education minister posthumously awarded

Recently deceased former Polish Education Minister Krystyna Lybacka was posthumously awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, on Monday, for her outstanding public service.

Posthumous distinction for film director Jerzy Gruza

Recently deceased film director Jerzy Gruza, best known for his comedies and popular TV serials, was laid to rest in a Friday ceremony in Warsaw. Gruza has been posthumously decorated with a Polonia Restituta Commander's Cross for his contributions to national culture.

PM expresses gratitude to participants in his father's funeral

PM Mateusz Morawiecki has expressed his gratitude to everyone who participated, on Saturday, in the funeral of his father, Kornel Morawiecki, an anti-communist activist, and founder and leader of the 1980s Fighting Solidarity union.

PM's heroic anti-commie dad who was hunted by secret police is laid to rest

Kornel Morawiecki, who died last week after suffering from cancer, actively fought against the Communist state and was once one of Poland's most wanted men.

Kornel Morawiecki funeral mass held in Warsaw

A funeral mass for Monday-deceased anti-communist activist and father of PM Mateusz Morawiecki began at noon on Saturday in the Polish Armed Forces' Field Cathedral in Warsaw. Attending the ceremony is President Andrzej Duda.

Mourners pay tribute to father of Polish prime minister

Senior Speaker of the Sejm Kornel Morawiecki, a former anti-communist leader and father of Poland's prime minister, is lying in state in the Polish Parliament building, in Warsaw.

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