A Plaque commemorating the Battle of Warsaw in January 1945. Palace of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Jabłonna.
The palace and the park in Jabłonna were built in the period 1774-1784. In 1794, Jabłonna was inherited by Prince Józef
Poniatowski, who was frequently present here from 1798 to 1806. After Józef Poniatowski’s tragic death in the Battle of Leipzig
(1813), the palace passed into the hands of the Potocki family. Its last owner was Count Maurice Potocki, the Home Army officer
during World War II.
After the passing of the military front in October 1944, the building was destroyed to a large extent, especially its interior (nearly completely destroyed, when parts of the ceiling fell down). The only surviving elements were the building facade and partition walls, with most of decorative moulding fell off with time. The reconstruction of the residence under the guidance of the architect and engineer Mieczysław Kuzma lasted until the year 1953.
In the right wing of the palace, a commemorative plaque with the following inscription was suspended: In this region, on January 15, 1945, the military units of the 2nd Infantry Division of Henryk Dabrowski in co-operation with Soviet troops of the 47th Army started the fight for the liberation of Warsaw, the capital of Poland.
This division was incorporated into the Polish First Army (also known as Berling’s Army) subordinated to the Soviet 1st Belorussian Front. At the beginning of January 1945, the Polish First Army occupied the positions extending from Jabłonna to Karczew. The 2nd Infantry Division was stationed in Jabłonna. The Germans organized their forces in the form of a double armoured ring around Warsaw, the capital city which was in more than 90% destroyed. The German defence was broken by the forces of the 1st Belarusian Front on January 14. On January 16, the Polish 2nd Warsaw Infantry Division of Henryk Dąbrowski led a charge from the Jabłonna District in the direction of Kępa Kiełpińska and established a bridgehead, and then launched an attack in the direction of northern districts of the left-bank Warsaw. On the night of 16 to 17 January, the main forces of the Polish First Army forded the Vistula River and reached the west bank of the Vistula River, between Góra Kalwaria and Magnuszew and, at dawn, they launched an offensive on Warsaw. During the night, the 6th Infantry Division began the attack on the Praga district, crossing the Vistula River and driving the Germans from the city centre. Approximately at 10 a.m., the Polish 2nd Warsaw Infantry Division of Henryk Dąbrowski entered the fray in Warsaw and, in the region of the Saxon Gardens, merged with the 6th Infantry Division. By 4 p.m. Warsaw was free. On the evening of January 17th, the main forces of the Polish First Army reached Warsaw, advancing from the West and South.
The losses of the Polish First Army in Warsaw amounted to 275 fallen, missing and injured soldiers, of whom about 110 were killed in action, approximately 60 from landmines. In the entire Warsaw operation, the Polish First Army had lost 10,537 soldiers, of whom 3,116 had been killed in action.
After the passing of the military front in October 1944, the building was destroyed to a large extent, especially its interior (nearly completely destroyed, when parts of the ceiling fell down). The only surviving elements were the building facade and partition walls, with most of decorative moulding fell off with time. The reconstruction of the residence under the guidance of the architect and engineer Mieczysław Kuzma lasted until the year 1953.
In the right wing of the palace, a commemorative plaque with the following inscription was suspended: In this region, on January 15, 1945, the military units of the 2nd Infantry Division of Henryk Dabrowski in co-operation with Soviet troops of the 47th Army started the fight for the liberation of Warsaw, the capital of Poland.
This division was incorporated into the Polish First Army (also known as Berling’s Army) subordinated to the Soviet 1st Belorussian Front. At the beginning of January 1945, the Polish First Army occupied the positions extending from Jabłonna to Karczew. The 2nd Infantry Division was stationed in Jabłonna. The Germans organized their forces in the form of a double armoured ring around Warsaw, the capital city which was in more than 90% destroyed. The German defence was broken by the forces of the 1st Belarusian Front on January 14. On January 16, the Polish 2nd Warsaw Infantry Division of Henryk Dąbrowski led a charge from the Jabłonna District in the direction of Kępa Kiełpińska and established a bridgehead, and then launched an attack in the direction of northern districts of the left-bank Warsaw. On the night of 16 to 17 January, the main forces of the Polish First Army forded the Vistula River and reached the west bank of the Vistula River, between Góra Kalwaria and Magnuszew and, at dawn, they launched an offensive on Warsaw. During the night, the 6th Infantry Division began the attack on the Praga district, crossing the Vistula River and driving the Germans from the city centre. Approximately at 10 a.m., the Polish 2nd Warsaw Infantry Division of Henryk Dąbrowski entered the fray in Warsaw and, in the region of the Saxon Gardens, merged with the 6th Infantry Division. By 4 p.m. Warsaw was free. On the evening of January 17th, the main forces of the Polish First Army reached Warsaw, advancing from the West and South.
The losses of the Polish First Army in Warsaw amounted to 275 fallen, missing and injured soldiers, of whom about 110 were killed in action, approximately 60 from landmines. In the entire Warsaw operation, the Polish First Army had lost 10,537 soldiers, of whom 3,116 had been killed in action.