The Office for War Veterans and Victims of Oppression is the main institution dealing with the matters of Veterans of struggles for independence and Victims of Oppression in Poland. The Office's functions and resposibilities have been defined in legal acts establishing the special status of beneficiaries of the Veterans' law. It's main tasks consist of:

  • awarding the status of Veteran struggles for independence, Victim of Oppression and person deported to perform forced labor
  • providing the Veterans and Victims of Oppression with help, special care and proper respect
  • spreading the tradition of struggles for independence of Poland


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Visit of the President of the World Veterans Federation in Warsaw 22.01.2016 r.

The President of the World Veterans Federation, Dan-Viggo Bergtun, visited Warsaw on 21 January 2016 at the invitation of Jan Stanisław Ciechanowski, the Head of the Office for War Veterans and Victims of Oppression. The visit commenced with a ceremonial changing of the guards at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier followed by the laying of commemorative wreaths.

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Ceremonial meeting inaugurating preparations for the 75th anniversary of over 120,000 Poles finding shelter in Iran 19.01.2016 r.

On 18 January 2016, Jan Stanisław Ciechanowski, the Head of the Office for War Veterans and Victims of Oppression, participated in a formal meeting inaugurating preparations for events to mark the 75th anniversary of over 120,000 Poles – both soldiers of the Army of General Anders who were evacuated from the Soviet Union and civilians – being given refuge by Iran.

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