Between 23 September and 1 October, a student of the second year of master's degree in east European Studies at the University of Warsaw, Andrzej Wysocki, stayed in France, where he visited places related to 2 prominent figures of Polish culture and intellectual life of the 20th century – Witold Gombrowicz and Jerzy Giedroyciem.
As part of a private trip, the student went to Vence, a village in the south of France, where Witold Gombrowicz spent the last years of his life. He besides visited the cemetery in Le Mesnil-le-Roi, close Maisons-Laffitte, where the grave of George Giedroycia and his brother Henry is located.
At the grave of Jerzy Giedroycia and Henry Giedroycia, the student laid down sash of the survey of east Europe. This motion was an expression of the memory of Polish independency migrants, whose achievements stay an crucial mention point for subsequent generations of east European researchers and the past of the 20th century.
Thank you for sharing photos from this journey and commemorating on behalf of the survey of places related to crucial figures of Polish culture.
