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„Syreną” Paryską
ARCHIWUM EMIGRACJI Studia – Szkice – Dokumenty http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/AE.2015.017 Toruń, Rok 2015, Zeszyt 1–2 (22–23) _______________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ SATYRA NA AUGUSTA ZALESKIEGO, CZYLI O SPORZE WOJCIECHA WASIUTYŃSKIEGO Z „SYRENĄ” PARYSKĄ Krzysztof TARKA (Uniwersytet Opolski) Na łamach emigracyjnego tygodnika „Syrena”, wydawanego w Paryżu w numerze 81 z 21 sierpnia 1949 roku, ukazała się anonimowa satyra Elekcja Augusta Czwartego (fragment z pamiętników Imci Jana w Oleju Szelki z Konopi). Jej autor, stylizując się na osiemnastowieczną polszczyznę, w dowcipny sposób nawiązywał do zaprzysiężenia Augusta Zaleskiego na stanowisku prezydenta RP1. Po śmierci prezydenta Władysława Raczkiewicza w 1947 roku emigrantów podzie- lił spór o obsadę stanowiska głowy państwa. Konkurentami do fotela prezydenckiego byli Tomasz Arciszewski, premier rządu, desygnowany w 1944 roku na następcę pre- zydenta oraz August Zaleski, były minister spraw zagranicznych i urzędujący szef kancelarii cywilnej prezydenta, którego śmiertelnie chory Raczkiewicz w ostatnich tygodniach życia wyznaczył swoim następcą. Zmiany tej nie uznał Arciszewski i jego stronnictwo — Polska Partia Socjalistyczna. Zgodnie z decyzją Raczkiewicza po jego śmierci nowym prezydentem 9 czerwca 1947 roku został Zaleski. Socjaliści, powołując się na „umowę paryską”, przypominali, że Raczkiewicz, obejmując w 1939 roku urząd prezydenta, oświadczył, że będzie korzystał ze swoich konstytucyjnych uprawnień „w ścisłym porozumieniu” z premierem. Ponieważ prezydent wyznaczył swojego no- wego następcę bez konsultacji z szefem rzą du oraz socjalistami, ci uznali ją za bez- prawną. Kryzys czerwcowy miał bardzo poważne konsekwencje. Doprowadził nie tylko do dymisji gabinetu Arciszewskiego, ale przede wszystkim do ciągnącego się przez następne ćwierć wieku sporu o prezydenturę oraz dekompozycji „polskiego” Londynu i formalnego zdublowania emigracyjnych władz2. -
Madeinamericastore.Com 1-800-284-0384 Tomaszewski
April / May 2017, Polish American News - Page 6 Historic Refl ections Continued • April / May Walter Joseph Wojcik May 7, 1949 – March 16, 2017 April 9, 1241 - Henry II the Pious (Died) A dedicated member of Philadelphia’s Polish- Henry II the Pious (Polish: Henryk II Pobozny), American community, Walter Joseph Wojcik went was a Piast Duke of Silesia (Wroclaw), Krakow and to his eternal reward on Thursday, March 16, Southern Greater Poland from 1238 until his death. 2017 after struggling with pancreatic cancer. During 1238 - 1239 he served as a regent of two Walter graduated from Cardinal Dougherty High Piast Duchies: Sandomierz and Opole-Raciborz. School and Drexel University. In his professional life, he worked as a mechanical engineer for the April 10, 1943 - Andrzej Badenski (Born) Department of Defense. He inspected fi refi ghting systems on US Naval war ships including numerous battleships and Andrzej Badenski won a bronze medal in the 400 meter aircraft carriers. His work conducting safety inspections on US ships race in the Tokyo Olympics. took him to Japan, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Italy, and other places. Walt was a passionate advocate of Polish causes and a member April 11, 1877 - Tomasz Arciszewski (Born) of several Polish-American organizations including the Polish Heritage Society of Philadelphia, the Kosciuszko Foundation, In 1944, Tomasz Arciszewski became the Prime Minister and the Associated Polish Home. He was also a supporter of the of the Polish Government-in-Exile in London, England. Polish American Cultural Center and Museum on Walnut Street in In this position he was adamantly opposed to having Philadelphia. -
W Drodze Do Wolnej Polski Kawalerowie Krzyża I Medalu
W drodze do wolnej Polski! Kawalerowie Krzyża i Medalu Niepodległości II Rzeczypospolitej W drodze do wolnej Polski! Kawalerowie Krzyża i Medalu Niepodległości II Rzeczypospolitej ROZPORZĄDZENIE PREZYDENTA RZECZYPOSPOLITEJ z dnia 29 października 1930 r. o Krzyżu i Medalu Niepodległości. Na podstawie art. 44 ust. 5 Konstytucji postanawiam co następuje: Art. 1. Ustanawia się „Krzyż Niepodległości” i „Medal Niepodległości” celem odznaczenia osób, które zasłużyły się czynnie dla niepodległości Ojczyzny w okresie przed wojną światową lub podczas jej trwania, oraz w okresie walk orężnych polskich w latach 1918–1921, z wyjątkiem wojny polsko-rosyjskiej na obszarze Polski. […]. Prezydent Rzeczypospolitej Ignacy Mościcki Krzyż Niepodległości z Mieczami – awers i rewers Krzyż Niepodległości – awers i rewers Medal Niepodległości – awers i rewers Zbiory Roberta Mączyńskiego (Warszawa) Zbiory Roberta Mączyńskiego (Warszawa) Zbiory Roberta Mączyńskiego (Warszawa) Autorzy Realizacja: (scenariusz, tekst, wybór ilustracji, opracowanie): Agencja Kreatywna Błażej Olbromski tel. 508 100 923 Wystawa przygotowana przez: Projekt fi nansowany ze środków Kancelarii Prezesa Stowarzyszenie „Wspólnota Polska” Rady Ministrów w ramach zadania publicznego Ryszard Rybka Projekt graficzny: Warszawa 2020 r. dotyczącego pomocy Polonii i Polakom za granicą. Robert P. Stachowicz 1 W drodze do wolnej Polski! Kawalerowie Krzyża i Medalu Niepodległości II Rzeczypospolitej Ustanowienie odznaczenia Krzyż i Medal Niepodległości Ustanowienie tego odznaczenie miało na cele uhonorowanie -
The Soviet Threat in Stanisław Cat-Mackiewicz's
PRZEGLĄD ZACHODNI II, 2017 STANISŁAW ŻERKO Poznań THE SOVIET THREAT IN STANISŁAW CAT-MACKIEWICZ’S JOURNALISTIC WRITINGS DURING WORLD WAR II Stanisław Mackiewicz, known as Cat-Mackiewicz – the pseudonym1 he assumed in the 1920s – is still recognised as one of the most prominent Polish political journal- ists and historical essayists. He also wrote about literary history, and was particularly well known as a specialist in and admirer of Russian literature. He was a prolific writer. He wrote “21 books, 55 pamphlets, and over 300 papers which were a page or column long.”2 His recently published Selected Writings, edited by Jan Sadkiewicz, already comprise 19 volumes, and more are to be published. Mackiewicz’s writings have not ceased to be of great interest, and younger readers are enthusiastic when they discover them, which is to be expected. One of the youngest reviewers of Mac- kiewicz’s Selected Writings wrote: “I do not hesitate to call Stanisław Mackiewicz the most outstanding Polish journalist of the last century.”3 Mackiewicz was a conservative, a monarchist, a supporter of Piłsudski and a lead- ing Polish Germanophile, and a writer and journalist with an extraordinarily colourful personality. His biography by Jerzy Jaruzelski4 is an excellent account of the above. Between World Wars I and II the Słowo [Word] daily was published in Vilnius, and Cat-Mackiewicz was its editor-in-chief. Various aspects of his and his colleagues’ political writings published there are also analysed in his biography. Słowo was not a provincial daily, but was available and read in all major Polish cities. -
106 Eugeniusz Duraczyński Się Z Tym Załamanie Ich Struktur Organizacyjnych 1
«DZIEJE NAJNOWSZE», ROCZNIK X — 1978, 2 EUGENIUSZ DURACZYŃSKI SOCJALIŚCI POLSCY 1939-1941 (Próba charakterystyki postaw i tendencji politycznych) 1. Powstanie WRN; 2. Ogniwa terenowe WRN; 3. Linia polityczna i tak tyczna CKR; 4. Lewica socjalistyczna; 5. Inne grupy; 6 . Barykada Wol ności; 7. Socjaliści poza granicami kraju; 8 . WRN w drugiej połowie 1941; Powstanie Polskich Socjalistów. Stosunki z WRN W ramach prac nad wielotomową historią polskiego ruchu robotni czego autorowi przypadło m. in. niełatwe zadanie syntetycznego ujęcia dziejów ruchu socjalistycznego w latach 1939-1943. Przeprowadzona w związku z tym kwerenda archiwalna i bibliograficzna ujawniła spore zaniedbania badawcze, wiele dodatkowych luk; zrodziła też pytania, na które nadal brak odpowiedzi. Stąd też prezentowany szkic dotyka nie których zaledwie problemów z obszernego kwestionariusza badawczego, głównie zaś postaw i tendencji politycznych grup, a nawet jednostek z szeroko pojmowanego ruchu socjalistycznego, bez wchodzenia w szcze góły (często zresztą niezmiernie trudne do odtworzenia) i z ogranicze niem do niezbędnego minimum przypisów źródłowych. I jeszcze jedna uwaga: podjęty wątek został z konieczności wyizolowany z bogatego podziemnego i emigracyjnego życia politycznego. 1. POWSTANIE WRN Pośród wielu konspiracyjnych organizacji politycznych, powstałych po przegranej wojnie obronnej 1939 r., we wszystkich niemal regionach kraju najważniejszą rolę odegrały przedwrześniowe opozycyjne partie i stronnictwa polityczne. Nie tylko dały one Polsce Podziemnej ludzi po litycznie ukształtowanych, nawykłych do myślenia politycznego, ale wniosły również w konspiracyjne życie polityczne zdeformowany przez wojnę i okupację stary system wartości ideowych, zadawnione antypatie, ambicje, kompleksy itp. Stronnictwa opozycyjne, które na emigracji stały się podstawą polityczną rządu, w kraju starały się przejąć kierow nictwo polityczne konspiracją i stwarzać warunki sprzyjające zdobyciu władzy po wygranej wojnie. -
ARTYKUŁ Last Will of the Polish Undergound State Author: Marek Gałęzowski 01.12.2019
Schemat Polskiego Państwa Podziemnego. Źródło: portal Polskiego Radia S.A. ARTYKUŁ Last Will of the Polish Undergound State Author: Marek Gałęzowski 01.12.2019 The partition of Poland by Germany and the Soviet Union in September 1939 did not force Poles to capitulate. The interned president of Poland in Romania, Ignacy Mościcki appointed his successor on the basis of the constitution – Władysław Raczkiewicz, who in turn appointed the government with gen. Władysław Sikorski as its leader. Despite the occupation of the Polish land by Germany and the USSR, the continuity of the Polish state was preserved. Its officials, recognised by the free societies of the world, led the fight for independence abroad throughout the entire war, first in France, then after its fall, in Great Britain. Last shots of the soldiers of the Polish Army hadn’t gone silent yet in their unfair struggle against two aggressors, when the underground resistance began forming. The commitment full of patriotism and sacrifice and the organisational abilities of tens of thousands of Poles, from all walks of life, led to the creation of the Polish Underground State. The Polish Underground State had no similar counterpart in other countries of occupied Europe, where the resistance against the Third Reich had a much smaller percentage of citizens involved. What’s more, nowhere else, apart from Yugoslavia, did such huge underground armed forces as in Poland were created. The Underground State in occupied Poland was subordinate to the authorities of the government-in-exile. The Home Army was the equivalent of the armed forces and during the time of war it also performed some judicial functions (it had supervision over the Special Court Martials which were being established since 1942). -
Poland First to Fight
Poland First to Fight Poland First to Fight Bogusław Kopka, Paweł Kosiński Muzeum ii Wojny Światowej Gdańsk 2018 Poland was the first country to firmly resist the brutal expansion of the totalitarian powers that were utterly indifferent to the rights of weaker countries. Poland’s armed resistance to German aggression on September 1, 1939, was a turning point in world politics towards the Third Reich. Contrary to the hopes of Adolf Hitler, on the third day after the commencement of military operations the German attack on Poland transformed into a world war. Two-turret and single turret Vickers E light tanks with crews On September 3, the United Kingdom and France ful- of the 11th armoured battalion filled their commitments to Poland by declaring war during exercises. Rembertowo, on Germany, although for eight months they waged summer, 1939 a strange war (the Phoney War) after passively observ- Photo H. Poddębski, MIIWŚ ing the struggle and military defeat of the Republic of Poland. Two weeks later – in accordance with the Czołgi lekkie Vickers E w wersji jedno i dwuwieżowej z załogami provisions of the Hitler-Stalin Pact (August 23, 1939) – z 11. batalionu pancernego the Soviet Union attacked Poland. w czasie ćwiczeń. Rembertowo, lato 1939 r. The six-year war gradually spilled onto successive con- Fot. H. Poddębski, MIIWŚ tinents and eventually spread to most of the world. The fortunes of the Allied and Axis forces changed many times. The most difficult period for the anti-Hitler coalition was between the summers of 1940 and 1941. 5 The most spectacular shifts of the front were experienced by the USSR, which was forced into the Allied camp by the Germans themselves. -
The Fighting Republic of Poland 1939–1945
The Fighting MACIEJ KORKUĆ Republic of Poland 1939–1945 The Fighting MACIEJ KORKUĆ Republic of Poland Reviewers Prof. dr hab. Marek Wierzbicki Dr hab. Zdzisław Zblewski Translated by IURIDICO Legal & Financial Translations Sp. z o.o. (employer Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Proofreading and typesetting Publishing House of the IPN Cover Elżbieta Waga-Krajewska Graphic design Sylwia Szafrańska Printed by Pasaż Sp. z o.o. ul. Rydlówka 24, 30-363 Kraków ISBN 978-83-8098-769-2 © Instytut Pamięci Narodowej – Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu, 2019 SPIS TREŚCI Foreword ......................................... 5 I. The Versailles Order ................................. 7 II. 1939: A war fought alone instead of Allied pincers .......... 13 III. A state resisting the occupations ....................... 33 I V. The terror of occupation and genocide ................... 47 V. The Polish Underground State ......................... 81 VI. A sinister “ally” ..................................... 93 VII. Freedom: not for Poles ............................... 105 FOREWORD World War II changed the course of history. Started by the Germans with the complic- ity of the Soviet Union, it led to unimaginable destruction and millions of deaths. Later, it brought many nations under Soviet domination for almost fifty years and left the world divided in the Cold War. Poland fell victim to the aggression of both totalitarian systems, German national socialism and Soviet communism. The Ribbentrop-Molotov pact entered into by the Third Reich and Soviet Union on 23 August 1939 was the prelude to a global conflict, started on 1 September 1939 when Hitler invaded Poland, the first country to demonstrate ac- tual armed resistance against the aggressor, ending the string of Berlin’s peaceful con- quests. -
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Complete Local News Top Advertising Results Keep Astride All The Activities Our Family Of Over 9,000 Readers Of The Town With Your Is A Valuable Market For Home-Town Paper All Our Advertisers VOL. XXXV—NO. 39 latterd CARTKRKT, N. J., FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1!)[)7 PRICE EIGHT CENTS To Collect Clothing Dolan Presses Move On Sunday Refugees For South Turnpike Hungarian Drive Aid Nine llorough Residents Opens; Mayor Urges Act as Interpreters 1 Entrance, Cites Need Support of Campaign For Red (TOSS Unit CAKTERET — Mayor Edward CAKTERET—Mrs. LaVada Han- J, unlan today proclaimed the cock, executive director of the. wrrk of January 13 as "Help Hun- Perth Amboy - Carteret Chapter.' Carteret Plants Promote New PO Building garian Relief" arid appealed to American Red Cross, revealed to- the populace to support the fund day that nine Cnrteret residents Two Men to Higher Rank \ For Borough Also and clothing drive to be held here have responded to an urgent call next week by the (Sarteret Com- from Red Cross for Hungarian- mittee for Hungarian Relief. : spenkinR volunteers to act as in- Sought by Mayor All arrangements for the drive terpreters on "Operation Mercy" Imvr been completed, Postmaster nt ('amp Kilmer. CARTERET—Mayor Kriward J. I,ester Sabo, general chairman Mrs. Helen Bartok, 558 Roose- Dolan revealed toclav that he will reported. He called attention to vell Avenue, has reported on every push two new projects bndly need- these two Important dates: Sumlny since December 19, and ed in the borough. The first, he said, is a new post January 13, clothing collection has Riven a full day acting as office building. -
National Small Business Weekend
April / May 2016, Polish American News - Page 5 Historic Refl ections Continued • April / May Kosciuszko Foundation to recognize Martha Stewart During the Amber Ball - Saturday, April 30, 2016 April 20, 1920 - Vilna Offensive The Kosciuszko Foundation - The The Vilna offensive was a American Center of Polish Culture will campaign of the Polish-Soviet War host the Amber Ball on Saturday, April of 1919–1921. The Polish army 30 at the grand ballroom of the Waldorf launched an offensive on April 16, Astoria Hotel in NYC. The Ball, which 1919 to take Vilnius (Polish: Wilno) has an 80-year-old tradition, is a major from the Red Army. After three annual fund-raising event that benefi ts days of street fi ghting from April 19–21, the city was captured by the Foundation’s educational and Polish forces causing the Red Army to retreat. cultural intitiatives and the ongoing KF Building renovation campaign. April 21, 1978 - Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz The guest of honor during this year’s Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz of Poland became ball will be TV personality and a the fi rst woman to sail around the world alone in a pioneering entrepreneur Martha 31-foot vessel. The trip took 401 days and covered Stewart, who will personally accept the 31,166 nautical miles. On April 21, 1978, Krystyna KF Medal of Recognition. Chojnowska-Liskiewicz completed her solo trip and gained her title “The First Lady of the Oceans”. Stewart is founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc., a media company that includes a variety of print publications, TV and radio programming and e-commerce April 22, 1915 - Founding websites, which over the years resulted in building one of the leading The Polish Museum of America’s Library brands in the lifestyle industry. -
Crowd Oins Fete I[Schools Registry Campaign
Devotnl (.(immunity Interest Presented Fairly, Clearly ,l,r And Impartially Each Week ,,11 Local Coverage Complete News Pictures Pnbiubao farterrOn CARTERET, Nt. J., FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1962 Intend u tod OUa Uiii M P O, Ovttnt. It J. PRICE TEN CENT8 Crowd Po/ice ffere f/serf Decoys 25 Years Ago get yoter oins Fete Captain Daniel Kasha Ended Wave of Pursp Snatching. as a Woman He Grabbed Several Thieves Registry CARTERET - The use of snatcher could net very fur, tabbed him. He did that i[ Schools patrolmen dressed as women Kasha was on his heels and on several occasions, landing In Now York to grab pocket- the thieves each time. book smitcherR and others, Campaign recalls a similar method used Witii thrir arrest, purse In Cai-tcrot ?5 years ago. liii'iiout at i matchliirs suddenly stopped, „ that the youths «»<>lll I iirtil'rt Name , Dnliralioii Tt was the idea of Captain' were responsible for the n • t ^ Daniel Kasha, who then was thefts. l)i*|>uh(>M; Last Day to i i liiriil summer a patrolman, Carteret was A year later, another wave 'R,.»j,ter :„ cpn| 97 . (: !<> 'nine out a plagued by youthful purse l Mcr 1H .-matchers. Kasha asked the »i Purse snntchings hit the l'"f-' ' ^epi. Zi ln: iin- dedication borough. Kasha again went | CARTERET- WIMIIU* Minue then Chief Henry J. Har- rington for permission to |(. >;li>-\ mil 11 lid 1110 attention that Thursday, Sep- I • ,:. ;!n S, liool In drcs*; nnd make up as a r housewife, who agreed. tember 27 Ls the deadline for , i, ln.-.i Sunday.- Plays a Trick registration of new voters who ,:ii;ii!.••;iini'il Gabriel In 1959, Captain Kasha de- plan to go to the polls at th» -. -
The Polish Community in Scotland Thomas Kernberg
THE POLISH COMMUNITY IN SCOTLAND THOMAS KERNBERG PH.D. INSTITUTE OF SOVIET AND EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW OCTOBER, 1990 (c) THOMAS KERNBERG, 1990 PREFACE. My reason for undertaking the research for this thesis was a very personal one: my father, the late Tadeusz Ziarski-Kernberg, was one of the Polish servicemen who settled in Scotland as a result of the Second World War. Since my childhood I have been closely associated with the Polish community in Edinburgh. When I decided to study an aspect of Polish history it was only natural that I should turn to 'my own people' for subject material. As soon as I expressed an interest in this subject for a Ph.D. thesis, I received the support of my supervisor, Professor W.V. Wallace, the Director of the Institute of Soviet and East European Studies at the University of Glasgow. In addition to the unfailing encouragement and patient supervision of Professor Wallace, this thesis would not have been possible without the support of the Polish community and the access I received to Polish archive materials. In particular I would like to thank Mr. W.kadys4-aw Bednarek, Mr. Jan Stepek and the Committee of the Polish Social and Educational Association (Glasgow), Mr. JOzef Be+towski, the late Mr. Zygmunt TchOrzewski and the Second Army Corps Association (Edinburgh), the late Mrs. Margaret Maurer, the late Mrs. Maria Rej and the late Mr. JOzef Rej. Special thanks are owed to Mrs. Maria Koczy, the former Librarian at the Polish Institute and General Sikorski Museum (Glasgow) for her advice regarding choice of and access to source materials.