A joint resolution recognizing the anniversaries of the Warsaw Uprising and the Polish resistance to the invasion of Poland during World War II.
PL 98-384 (S.J.Res.272), enacted 08/17/1984

PUBLIC LAW 98-384—AUG. 17, 1984 
98 STAT. 1349 
Public Law 98-384 
98th Congress 
Joint Resolution 
Recognizing the anniversaries of the Warsaw uprising and the Polish resistance to 
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invasion of Poland during World War II. 
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[S.J. Res. 272] 
Whereas August 1, 1984, marks the fortieth anniversary of the 
Warsaw uprising, an event of major significance in the history of 
World War II; 
Whereas on August 1, 1944, the PoUsh Home Army under the 
command of General Tedeusz Bor-Komorowski rose up against the 
Nazis who had begun evacuating Warsaw in the face of the Soviet 
advance through Eastern Europe, held major portions of the city 
for sixty-three days against insuperable odds, and suffered ex-
treme hardship, retribution, and personal sacrifice throughout a 
heroic engagement in which approximately two hundred and fifty 
thousand Poles were killed, wounded, or missing; 
Whereas September 1,1984, marks the forty-fifth anniversary of the 
invasion of Poland by the Army and Air Force of the Third Reich, 
which was followed just sixteen days later by the Soviet invasion 
from the East and the subsequent occupation of a zone populated 
by thirteen million Poles, these events having led to the develop-
ment of a strong underground movement directed by the Polish 
Government in exile; 
Whereas the three wartime leaders of the Polish Home Army, 
Lieutenant General Stefan Rowecki, murdered by the Gestapo in 
1944, Lieutenant General Bor-Komorowski, imprisoned by the 
Nazis and died in London in 1966, and Major General Leopold 
Okulicki, imprisoned by the Soviets and perished in a Soviet jail 
in 1945, symbolize the supreme personal sacrifice and commit-
ment to the cause of freedom and self-determination; 
Whereas the spirit of Polish resistance to foreign oppression and 
domination is symbolized by these historic events and remains a 
vital element in the Polish national character as manifested by 
the emergence of the Solidarity Trade Union movement in 1980; 
and 
Whereas, in prior years, the President has granted special recogni-
tion to these important days in Polish history, with particular 
regard to the crucial role of the Polish Home Army in the Allied 
war effort, and to the leaders of the Polish Home Army: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the United 
States joins in recognizing the anniversary of the Warsaw uprising, 
which stands as a poignant reminder to the world of the power of 
the human spirit over adversity, and the anniversary of the Polish 
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resistance to the World War II invasion of Poland and the leaders of 
that resistance, which symbolizes the currently continuing struggle 
of the Polish people and freedom loving people ever5rwhere in the 
preservation of their liberties and in fulfillment of their national 
£ispirations. 
Approved August 17, 1984. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S.J. Res. 272: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 130 (1984): 
July 27, considered and passed Senate. 
Aug. 1, considered and passed House.