Death
Dmowski fell ill in 1937 and moved to the village of Drozdowo near Łomża, where he died on 2 January 1939. He had spent the last few years of his life there.
Dmowski was buried at the Bródno Cemetery in Warsaw in the family grave. According to Sanacja sources, disfavourable to Dmowski, the funeral was attended by 100,000 people. According to organizers, funeral was attended by as many as 200,000 people, which would make it the largest national manifestation in interwar Poland.
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