Calendar card: 10.11.1918.

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Calendar card: 10.11.1918
date:10 November 2023 Editor: Editorial

On 8 November 1918, Józef Piłsudski, the future leader of the Polish state, as well as Kazimierz Sosnkowski, were freed by number Harry Kessler, who mentioned that both of them, "The news of their release was welcomed with kindness by the dignity of à la polonaise". They then went by car to Berlin, where they spent the night. Later, a peculiar train went to Warsaw. The officers arrived at the Polish capital on 10 November 1918, at 7.30 p.m. There were respective people waiting for Piłsudski, including a associate of the Regency Council of Fr Zdzisław Lubomirski.

The trusted Piłsudski Adam Koc (Chief Commandant of the POW in Warsaw) recalled Lubomirski's behavior: “Prince Lubomirski was very anxious and excited, he repeated respective times: “At last he comes, ah, how good!”. I meant to greet the Chief first erstwhile he gets off the wagon. shortly came the train. The chief came out of it in the company of Colonel Sosnkowski. He was light and of course exhausted from slavery, but it was evident that forces did not abandon him. I approached him and greeted him with the words “Citizen Commandant, by the name of the Polish Military Organization, I welcome a citizen of the Commandant in the capital”. The chief saluted me. Prince Lubomirski led him to his car.”

After welcoming Lubomirski, Koc and Piłsudski, they went to the flat of the first 1 at Frascati Street in Warsaw. Piłsudski later left for his prepared accommodation, which was located at Moniuszko Street. “I spent the full day [November 10] on Moniuszko Street and tried, though a little, to get an thought of the situation [...] There were various delegations with speeches, there was a manifestation at the balcony that I had to go to. And it all happened after the chaotic impressions of abrupt firing me from Magdeburg [...] When, at least around 10 o'clock in the evening, I banned anyone from letting me in and considered the situation in which I was in the Polish capital, where Beseler reigned, I decided to leave Warsaw immediately [...]" – the leader of the Polish state wrote more than a decade later. Unfortunately, this plan failed, as Piłsudski was visited by a delegation of the German Żołnierski Council, which headed the German army, stationed in Warsaw and the surrounding area. These soldiers reported readiness to submit to the Chief's decisions, although they demanded protection and safe return to their homeland. The brigade agreed to the above, although it gave them the following conditions: surrender of arms and military equipment, and transfer of rolling stock and communications.

In the following days, the Regency Council transferred the authorities over the Polish Army to Piłsudski and entrusted the mission of establishing the government.

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