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Every year, exactly 40 days after Easter, the Heroes' Day is celebrated in Romania. It is an opportunity to pay tribute to all the soldiers who died for their country - from the Russo-Romanian-Turkish War and the struggle for independence (1877-1878), through the First and Second World Wars, to the victims of communism and present-day military operations.

The commemorative ceremony was conducted on 13 June at the place where traces of the history of the Romanian soldiers held at Lamsdorf during the First World War are most clearly visible – that is among their graves in the oldest Lambinowice war necropolis. More than 2,500 of them were buried here, and efforts are constantly being made to ensure that the memory about them does not fade - this is evidenced, among other things, by restoration works carried out at the cemetery in 2020 by the Romanian government in cooperation with the Łambinowice Commune. These activities were initiated by the Museum.

These efforts were appreciated, as evidenced, among other things, by the speech given at the ceremony by Lt. Col. Cristian Emanuel Barbulescu of the Romanian Embassy in Poland: "We are grateful to the local community and to the Central Museum of Prisoners-of-War for the exemplary care of this site, which makes an invaluable contribution to preserving the memory of our Fallen Soldiers".

After the aforesaid speech, the guests, accompanied by the Secretary of the Łambinowice Commune Jerzy Rosiński, the Director of GOKSiR Jolanta Mierzyńska and the CMJW’s Deputy Director Renata Kobylarz-Buła, laid flowers at the Monument to the Victims of the First World War. The meeting was concluded with all participants photographed together and a short visit to the Museum. It is worth noting that this year's Heroes' Day was attended by Michał Torz, who is a PAP news agency correspondent and expert on Romanian history and culture, as a representative of the Polish-Romanian Society.

Photo: P. Jędorowicz/CMJW.