““We have no doubt that when we look at you today, we are looking at heroes,” said the Speaker of the Sejm, Szymon Hołownia, in a speech to the insurgents in Warsaw. He pointed out that the insurgents teach us that “the result is something different from the result, that a defeat can mean a victory.”
Thursday marks the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising. The ceremony will take place in front of the Monument to the Polish Underground State and the Home Army on Wiejska Street in Warsaw, with the participation of the Speaker of the Sejm, Szymon Hołownia, and the Speaker of the Senate, Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska.
The Marshal of the Sejm judged that when you are in Warsaw, “it is impossible not to feel that you are part of a bigger story than just what can be seen on the map, than just what emerges from numbers, statistics and data.”
Warsaw is made up of people. You, dear Warsaw rebels, are a special generation that explains to our generation, the people of Warsaw, that there comes a moment in life, once in a person’s life, once in a generation, when history is touched where it was born. You touched this history, and the proof of this is that you took part in the Warsaw Uprising, which redefined all the concepts we use every day to describe reality.
– said Marshal Hołownia, turning to the insurgents.
“Losing can mean winning.”
He pointed out that the rebels teach us that “the outcome is different from the result, that a defeat can mean a victory.”
This is how the defeat of the uprising was announced, but today no one doubts who won that battle, who was the winner of the Warsaw Uprising.
– the marshal emphasized.
As he said, “You can lose, but you can also be a winner.” He added that the uprising was a “psychological necessity.”
You can argue politically, you can argue militarily, but psychologically it was impossible not to fight and that’s what many people say.
– Hołownia noted.
““Your fight isn’t over yet.”
We have no doubt that when we look at you today, we are looking at heroes
– he said.
He judged that the rebels’ service had not ended.
The uprising is over, the direct physical fight is over, but today you have a new phase of your fight. You go to schools, you meet scouts and cubs, you visit the Warsaw Uprising Museum, you write books, your interviews are recorded, you tell the whole world what happened here. Your service continues, your fight is not over yet
– Hołownia emphasized.
In the autumn of your life, the Polish state and subsequent generations came to you and said: keep fighting, and you responded to this call with an open heart, with all the strength and health you have, you continue to serve your homeland and show everything we need to know and for that we are very grateful to you
– added.
On August 1, 1944, the Warsaw Uprising broke out at 17:00. It was the largest armed underground action in German-occupied Europe and the largest independence movement in occupied Poland. About 40-50 thousand people joined the fight in the capital. insurgents. It was planned for a few days and lasted more than two months. About 18,000 people died during the fighting in Warsaw. insurgents, 25 thousand were wounded. The losses among the civilian population amounted to about 180,000. killed. The remaining inhabitants of Warsaw, about 500 thousand. people were expelled from the city.
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Source: wPolityce