For the twelfth time, members of the Polish paper Club in Essen under the leadership of Bożena Wisłocka organized 105 celebrations in this town. Anniversary of regaining independency by Poland. As in erstwhile years, the Estonian celebrations lasted for 2 days. On Saturday, 11 November at 6 p.m. in the parish hall at St. Clement's church, an occasional recital of the Polish paper Paul Piekarczyk was held, combined with the performance of the teenage Polish expatriate Amelia Kwasny. By the decision of Mr Piekarczyk, this poetic-musical part was preceded by the performance of a young Amelka, who performed her bundle of patriotic works specified as: “The buds of white roses flourished” and “Let us Hope” to the words of Adam Asnyk. With her gentle girly singing, she aroused enthusiasm among the audience. In the present situation it is worth mentioning the words of this poem:
Let's hope so! Not the poor, poor,
What the core broke in a frail flower,
But the unbreakable 1 that's stuck like a grain
Future sacrifices in the soul of a hero.
Let's hope so! Not that greedy illusion,
A blind man's fortunate to see a suitor,
But the day of awakening awaits her in her graves,
And he keeps arms and helmets.
Let's have the courage!
Which, in a desperate venture,
But the 1 with his head up
You can't push distant from your position.
Let's have the courage! Not that breath-infested frenzy,
Who flies blind without weapons,
But the 1 who alone won't win
The opposing fates are victorious.
Let us have contempt for the roaring fame,
And for the lawlessness of the deceptive power,
But let us not dress in the coat of martyrdom bloody,
And let's not jumble into a slave chain.
Let us have contempt for the triumphant pride,
And applaud force let's not go!
But we don't celebrate the defeat we've suffered,
And out of our weakness, let us not boast.
Let's halt fondling ourselves with pain,
Let's halt crying about it all the time:
To make love in complaints is simply a female thing,
It's good for a man to be silently armed...
But let us not halt worshiping our holiness,
And keep your ideals clean:
It is for us to give them power and armor,
So that the dream country could become reality.
Paweł Piekarczyk performed respective of his works in his recital, which referred to the celebrated anniversary of events from 105 years ago. Among the works performed, he noted the historical roots of Poland's regained independency by singing Leszek Tchaikovsky's poem "Legistors" which we remember from their joint album "Inflexible and Disappointable 1914-1921" a fewer years ago.
They hazard their lives together.
Private with officer
Anyone can be on top
Fate or Be a Hero
To die on equal rights
It happens seldom in armies.
Democracy is in Legions
Because death is simply a Democrat.
They don't know Hegel or Kant.
They believe in God and the Chief
And by the fires they sing in the voice
Legions are losers.
They carry in their gears
More hope than bullets
Sometimes they'll be dead by a hair.
They put their lives on the pile
They share cigarettes
They talk about girls.
Tough guys are, but sometimes
They're drowning a teardrop in a wine jar.
In August they left Kraków
To the possessor shoot
But quite a few these guys
She's not gonna make it to the wedding.
They don't know Hegel or Kant.
They believe in God and the Chief
And by the fires they sing in the voice
Legions are losers.
They carry in their gears
More hope than bullets
Sometimes they'll be dead by a hair.
They put their lives on the pile
About country independence
They are wise and uplifting
After all, war is simply a habit.
That he lets you grow up
And they'll leave in the morning.
Without regretting blood and sweat
Because they were raised in their homes
For actual patriots
They don't know Hegel or Kant.
They believe in God and the Chief
And by the fires they sing in the voice
Legions are losers.
They carry in their gears
More hope than bullets
Sometimes they'll be dead by a hair.
They're at the stake...
They don't know Hegel or Kant.
They believe in God and the Chief
And by the fires they sing in the voice
Legions are losers.
They carry in their gears
More hope than bullets
Sometimes they'll be dead by a hair.
They put their lives on the pile
He ended his performance with a thrilling part devoted to the heroic attitude and death of 9 blessed members of the Ulm family. His communicative of the youngest of the Ulms, the nameless, unborn, blessed child, became powerfully active in the consciousness of the listeners. The audience in the area listened attentively to both the songs and the commentary of the bard, who preceded the performance of each piece.
The next installment of this evening was a lecture by Dr. Jack Pawłowicz, who with Pietism told the gathered about the full life, until the tragic death of Rotmaster Pilecki, murdered in the back of the head in the areas of the then prison in Rakowiecka in Warsaw. He spoke about the Rotmaster's household home, about his heroic struggles with the German occupier, the Ubek investigation and the execution of the conviction itself in the place that present became the Museum of Cursed Soldiers and Political Prisoners of the Polish People's Republic, where Dr. Pawlowicz is Deputy Director. In his lecture he besides mentioned the initiative which he is conducting together with the daughter of the Rotmaster Mr.Zofia Pilecka, which consists of planting Dębów Rotmaster Witold Pilecki in Poland and Europe.
An crucial gathering ended with a common prayer which he led – mentioning the dead in defence of our Homeland – Fr Sławomir Pelec SChr, blessing the taken.
Sunday, November 12, we began the solemn Holy Mass, which was concelebrated by Fr Jerzy Wieczorek SChr and Sławomir Pelec SChr who served in Essen. During this Sunday's liturgy, Father Wieczorek welcomed the incoming officials including the Consul for Polish Affairs Jan Krzymowski, Wojciech Poczachowski from the Polish Institute in Düsseldorf, our speakers Paweł Piekarczyk and Dr Jacek Pawłowicz. The parish mentioned the joint initiative of the Polish Parish, the Polish paper Club and the Polish Electoral List "POLACY in ESSEN" as organizers of these celebrations. During the liturgy there were clearly audible patriotic accents suitable for these celebrations, and Fr S. Pelec SChr in his homily developed an evangelical thought, referring to the attitude of discreet virgins. At the end of the Holy Mass, Fr.Pr. With the completion of the Holy Mass and their departure from the church, our twelfth March of independency in Essen began to form. At the front of the March carried a cross and a painting of MB Częstochowa, further officials with our banners and a crowd of Poles surviving in Essen and the surrounding area, is simply a image of the sunken Essen March of Independence, an initiative unique on German soil.
Our march, as in erstwhile years, was protected by the Essen police officers.
After the march was completed and the solemn assembly of the large size of the white-red flag, participants of the ceremony went to the parish hall, where Wojciech Kusy called for the gathered to emergence and sing the Hymn of Poland. After the hymn, which was sung together, the voices were followed by: Consul Jan Krzymowski, conductor Wojciech Poczachowski, Dr Jacek Pawłowicz and Paweł Piekarczyk. The second with a sense of haughtiness invited Amelia Sour on stage. Like the day before, she gave us her song “Have Hope”. Paul Piekarczyk, who performed his works, referred to the known maxim of the Pope and now Saint John Paul II: “Freedom is given to us by God, it is besides given to us.”
The children's competition sang in the performances of the small ones, frequently for the first time performing on phase and reciting Polish poems or singing songs. The children received gifts and awards prepared by the organizers, which was presented to the children by the typical of the Polish Consulate for Polonia.
The last accent of the Essenian celebrations of the 105th anniversary of the independency Recovered Celebrations by Poland was the joint singing of patriotic songs led by Paweł Piekarczyk and Amelia Kwasny. And there was a singer, a erstwhile Legions, and in the end we sang together with joy and seriousness the celebrated song The Songs of the Bary Confederates to the words of Juliusz Słowacki.
These were beautiful celebrations, filled with contemporaries and joy, and despite insignificant method failures, they should be considered very successful.
We thank the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of the Council of Ministers, the Polish paper Club Foundation, the Priests of the Essene Polish-speaking parish and all people of good will – Poles without whom our celebrations could not shine.
Wojciech Kusy
Polish paper Club in Essen
