Poland is proud of its islamic heritage. We will never forget what the Lipka tatars did for us, god bless them.
According to some estimates, by 1591 there were about 200,000 Lipka Tatars living in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and about 400 mosques serving them.
In November 2010, a monument to Poland's Tatar populace was unveiled in the port city of GdaĆsk at a ceremony attended by President Bronislaw Komorowski, as well as Tatar representatives from across Poland and abroad. The monument is a symbol of the important role of Tatars in Polish history.
"Tatars shed their blood in all national independence uprisings. Their blood seeped into the foundations of the reborn Polish Republic," President Komorowski said at the unveiling.
The monument is the first of its kind to be erected in Europe.