On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising and the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Warsaw Uprising Museum, the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, awarded state decorations to employees, collaborators and volunteers of the Warsaw Uprising Museum as well as to people distinguished in cultivating the memory of Poland's recent history.
State decorations for volunteers and employees of the Warsaw Uprising Museum, photo: KPRP
The following were awarded:
for outstanding services in cultivating the memory of the most recent history of Poland
THE KNIGHT'S CROSS OF THE ORDER OF POLAND'S REBIRTH
Paweł UKIELSKI
for services in activities aimed at commemorating the truth about the most recent history of Poland
THE SILVER CROSS OF MERIT
Urszula ADAMOWICZ
Anna CZAPIEWSKA–BRABANDER
Eliza PELC
Dorota SAS
Maciej SULIKOWSKI
Katarzyna UTRACKA
THE BRONZE CROSS OF MERIT
Anna GOŁĘBICKA
Beata OBRĘBOWSKA
Urszula OSMYCKA
Karol PERUTA
Maria PSZCZÓŁKOWSKA
Dorota RAKOWSKA
Paulina SIENIUĆ .
for services in preserving historical memory
Karolina BAŁDYGA
Krzysztof KRZEMIŃSKI
During the ceremony of presenting awards at the Presidential Palace, President Andrzej Duda recalled that the Warsaw Uprising Museum was opened 20 years ago by the then President of Warsaw, Prof. Lech Kaczyński – just as he had promised the insurgents.
A great debate took place then: why? Time has shown who was right; who was right, but time could show this thanks to your work. Today, thanks to your commitment and heart, young people come to the museum and learn about the history of Warsaw – said the President.
Andrzej Duda thanked the employees of the Warsaw Uprising Museum for creating and constantly improving the place, which "has become a model for others". He emphasized that for the Warsaw insurgents who come from all over the world, the commemorations of the Warsaw Uprising, which are carried out by volunteers and employees of the Warsaw Uprising Museum, are of great importance.
They will soon be gone. Thank you for all the testimonies you have collected, the recordings you have made. The significance of this is growing. The insurgents, as they say themselves, feel at home in the museum, they feel like hosts here. That was the point – to make them feel that this is Their place, which is not a monument, but is alive and lives for Them – said the President.
source - KPRP
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