Siberian Exiles Cross

It was established on October 17, 2003 in order to recognise and commemorate the sufferings of Polish citizens deported to Siberia, Kazakhstan and Northern Russia from 1939–1956.

[1] The Military Department of the Office for War Veterans and Victims of Oppression takes part in the award process by recording and verifying the motions pertaining to veterans.

Jaruzeski was indeed exiled to Altai Krai in 1941, but he was also behind the martial law in Poland during the anti-Communist protests in the country.

He remarked that at first he thought that President Lech Kaczyński stood above the historical political split and that the issue is beyond only him, because thousands of Poles had shared the same fate and they probably deserve the award as well.

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