Easy hikes and walks around gmina Małkinia Górna

On May 10, 1964, after years of preparations, the official, ceremonial unveiling of the monument commemorating the victims of German repression and crimes at the Treblinka I Labor Camp took place. The author of the monument was Franciszek Strynkiewicz – a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, who was the general designer of the entire spatial and architectural layout at the Treblinka Memorial Site. The monument in the clearing at the Execution Site refers to the execution wall in its appearance. It is built of blocks, the shape of which resembles drops of spilled blood. A recurring motif are four straight, vertical lines carved in the stone. They can be interpreted in various ways, e.g. as bullet marks or prisoner striped uniforms, although prisoners in the Treblinka I Penal Labor Camp did not wear striped uniforms. In front of the monument lies a slab with the inscription: "In tribute to the murdered". The entire monument is incorporated into the dark wall of the forest surrounding the clearing. On the path behind the monument there is a mound topped with a cross, which was built by school children in September 1947. It contains the bones of victims, which were collected at that time on the grounds of the former camp. This is the first commemoration of the Treblinka I Penal Labor Camp. The mass graves located in the forest surrounding the clearing with the main monument have been marked with concrete crosses. Individual crosses deep in the forest also mark other graves located there.

Monuments and cemetery in Treblinka

Big, beautiful, powerful! Worth a visit!

A very interesting attraction of the Masovian Voivodeship. Sand dunes covering quite a large area, and the Kules peat bog right next to it. In 2014, an ecological site with an area of over 9 ha was established in order to protect the ecosystem constituting a habitat and a refuge for protected species of plants and animals associated with the dune environment.

For the deeds of extraordinary bravery in the 1939 campaign in Poland on the basis of the decree of the Council of Three of 11 November. In 1966, the regiment was awarded the Order of Virtuti Miitari, class V, therefore a sash in the colors of the order is placed next to the banner

The standard standard of the 1927 pattern, funded by the society of Ostrów Mazowiecka, handed over in Warsaw on May 26, 1938, the godparents of the regimental mark were the mayor of Ostrów Mazowiecka, Leon Czarniecki, and the wife of the staroste, Mrs. Rybicka. http://www.muzeumwp.pl/emwpaedia/sztandar-18-pulku-artylerii-lekkiej-z-ostrowi-mazowieckiej.php

In October 1918, the Italian government agreed to recruit to Polish units, formed from prisoners of the Austro-Hungarian army, who were an integral part of the army of General Józef Haller. On February 15, 1919, the formation of the 2nd field artillery regiment began at the La Mandria di Chivasso camp. The commander was Cpt. Jan Chlebek, and his adjutant Lieutenant Józef Wartanowicz. The batteries had 1-2 officers and 175 gunners each. By March 10, 12 batteries had been formed, of which the 9th and 11th consisted of older soldiers, and the 12th was to constitute a staff sub-unit. The regiment did not have any weapons, and the soldiers practiced drills, gymnastics and communication service. The education was conducted according to translated French regulations https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/18_Pu%C5%82k_Artylerii_Lekkiej

18th Light Artillery Regiment (18 pal) - a light artillery unit of the Polish Army in France and the Polish Army during the Second Polish Republic. The regiment was formed in Italy in February 1919 as the 2nd field artillery regiment. In spring, it was transported to France in the vicinity of Lure, where it received armaments and military equipment from the French 275th field artillery regiment. After reorganization, the unit was renamed the 7th Field Artillery Regiment. In June he came to Poland, and in September his squadrons went to the front. On March 7, 1920, the regiment changed its name to the 18th Kresy Field Artillery Regiment. The regiment, initially part of the General Bonnin Group, and later the 18th Infantry Division, fought in Podolia, took part in the Kiev expedition, became famous for the battles with Budyonny's 1st Cavalry Army, defended the Warsaw direction, to fight victorious battles at the end of the Polish-Bolshevik war. Volhynia and Podolia. In autumn 1921 the regiment was transferred to Łomża, and later to Ostrów Mazowiecka [4] and housed in the Różan barracks [