Decennium Dum Expletur

• * Who is able to even enumerate the sufferings of the Polish people during the long years of subjugation, the incredible loss of several million of its population, perished in the war, as consequences of war activities and in concentration camps. The enormous number of those who suffered, were injured, the great destruction of the economy, the many illegal measures of the occupiers. We see with our spirit the devastation of your country, the endless number of refugees and displaced persons, who lost their homes. Our ears still hear the sobbing of mothers and women, who mourn their beloved fallen, the lonely moaning of the aged and sick, without any assistance, the whimpering of the little ones, left by themselves, without any protection, the cries of the wounded and the death rattles of the dying.