CAMP NOVO SELO, Kosovo – Several multinational partners came together to participate in the Polish Wolf’s Trail Memorial Run here March 6, 2022. The Polish Wolf’s Trail Memorial Run is a 1,963-meter run to memorialize Poland's post-war “Cursed Soldiers” of the anti-communist underground.
The name for the run comes from Zbigniew Herbert’s famous poem "Wolves”, which is dedicated to the soldiers of the anti-communist underground in a post-World War II Poland. The run cover 1,963 meters to signify the year when the last cursed soldier, Jozef Franczak, died.
Poland, Latvia, Denmark, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Greece, the United States of America, and Great Britain all had service members participating in the memorial run. All participants received medals commemorating the event.