Every generation in Poland fought for independence. First, soldiers of the armed underground fought with weapons in their hands, then workers, students and even later Solidarity was founded – said Antoni Macierewicz, senior marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland, at the Museum of the Cursed Soldiers and Political Affairs. Prisoners of the Polish People’s Republic in Warsaw.
““Seeing on Rakowiecka” is a series of meetings organized by the Museum of Cursed Soldiers and Political Prisoners of the Polish People’s Republic. The participants talk about their experiences regarding the struggle for the freedom and independence of Poland. The meetings aim to present the history and fate of people who were imprisoned, tortured and murdered by the communist repression apparatus in ul prison. Rakowiecka
— Jarosław Wróblewski, head of the information, promotion and publication department of the Museum of Cursed Soldiers and Political Prisoners of the Polish People’s Republic, told PAP. The event is part of the celebrations of the 42nd anniversary of the introduction of martial law, which lasts from December 9 to 13.
“In Poland, every generation fought for independence.
On Monday, the guest of “Wiczenia na Rakowiecka” was a politician, historian, activist of the democratic opposition in the Polish People’s Republic, co-founder of the Workers’ Defense Committee and the Social Self-Defense Committee of the KOR, Antoni Macierewicz. , who spent about a year behind the walls of Mokotów Prison during the period of the Polish People’s Republic.
““Solidarity” would not have happened without the soldiers who fought against communism and were in prison. Before that they fought against the Germans, and after 1944 they had to fight against the second occupier: the Soviets and their collaborators.
– said the former Minister of National Defense.
Today, the units of the Polish Army are named after heroes who were imprisoned and murdered here on Rakowiecka Street in 1944-56. Without them there would be no Solidarity, this phenomenon that has shaped Poland completely differently from all other countries subordinate to the Soviets. In Poland, every generation fought for independence. First, soldiers of the armed underground fought with weapons in their hands, then workers, students and even later Solidarity was founded. It was a summary of the process the Steadfast Soldiers began
– he emphasized.
This prison is a symbol and source of Polish national consciousness, although it was a symbol of Russian and later Soviet crime against the Polish nation. Today it is a source of memory and Polish independence thinking
– he pointed. The KOR co-founder also recalled that martial law was the next stage in the struggle for independence.
There is no other society in Europe that is as cooperative and cohesive as the Poles. This is what makes the message of the struggle for independence so important and of such great importance
– he assessed. He recalled that in the 1960s he began his activities in the ranks of the scout team “Czarna Jedynka”.
The aim of the older scout group +Gromada Włóczęgów+, founded in 1968, was to prepare young people for independence activities when the right moment presents itself.
– Macierewicz explained and recalled that in the 1960s the main force that brought together people with pro-independence views was the Catholic Church.
Opening of the exhibition “Freedom Mail”.
The meeting was chaired by Tadeusz Płużański and also attended by Piotr Naimski and Dr. Justyna Błażejowska from the Historical Research Office of the Institute of National Remembrance.
On Tuesday, Rakowiecka Street will host the opening of the exhibition “Poczta Liberty” – underground stamps from the years 1981-89 from the collection of Edwin Klessa – and a scientific seminar on martial law, where historians will talk about responsibility for strikes, military conscription, arrests and internments
– Wróblewski announced and recalled that “on December 13 there will be a Holy Mass. in the intention of the victims of martial law, the Appeal of Remembrance and the Independence Rally and a meeting of former oppositionists from independence circles.
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Source: wPolityce