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THE EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND NEWSLETTER
WASHINGTON, DC | SEPTEMBER 2012
FROM THE AMBASSADOR
Dear Friends,
My name is Ryszard Schnepf, and I am Poland’s new
Ambassador to the United States. I would like to take this
opportunity to introduce myself to you and tell you about my
vision for my time here in Washington, DC.
I hold a PhD in history from the Polish Academy of Sciences
in Warsaw, and an MA from Warsaw University – also in
history. My specializations are modern and contemporary
history, as well as international relations.
Following my schooling in Poland, I studied at the Polish
Studies Center at Indiana University in Bloomington. I also
took part in the USAID Research Program at various U.S.
universities – including Georgetown, Stanford, San Diego,
and Rice.
My most recent posting was as Ambassador to Poland to
Spain from 2008 to 2012. Other previous postings include my
service as Undersecretary of State in Poland’s Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Secretary of State for Foreign Relations and
Security in the Chancellery of Poland’s Prime Minister, and
Ambassador of Poland in Uruguay and Paraguay, as well as
Ambassador of Poland to various Central American
countries.
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in the fields of science, industry, research, culture – and also
the very important matter of security. And indeed, these are
the key elements of my mission to the U.S.: security,
democracy, economy, people-to-people contacts and ongoing
cooperation with the Polish-American community.
In the upcoming months, I will further share with you my
priorities for my time here in Washington, DC in this
newsletter, as well as on our website.
I would like to close with some words about Poland, the
country I represent. Poland’s last decade has been an
especially exciting one, filled with development and change.
The Poland of today is a vibrant, blossoming nation, and one
that I heartily invite you to visit. Explore the beauty of
Poland’s nature – including green forests and the wonderfully
pristine Mazury Lake District. Poland’s history is a palpable
part of Polish cities like Warsaw, Gdańsk, Kraków, Wrocław.
If you’re looking for business opportunities – you will find the
perfect atmosphere for good business in Poland, combined
with an openness and procedural ease. And for those of us
who love good food, Poland delights with its rich culinary
traditions of natural, tasteful dishes. All of that, combined
with world-famous Polish hospitality, makes today’s Poland a
wonderful place to visit, work with, explore.
In the meantime, I invite you to stay in touch with our
Embassy during our numerous public events, and on our
social media sites.
And now here I am with you.
Kind regards,
The history of U.S.-Polish relations is extensive – from Polish
generals Tadeusz Kościuszko and Kazimierz Pulaski helping
your nascent nation win its own fight for independence
during the American Revolution to today’s strategic
partnership with a well-developed dialogue and cooperation
Ambassador Ryszard Schnepf
IN THIS ISSUE
American Polish Advisory Council
2012 Conference
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Euro Night 2012
8
6
Chatting Józef Pilsudski with the
Author of “Unvanquished”
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U.S. National Archives Releases Newly
Declassified Materials on the 1940 Katyń
Massacre
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U.S.-Central Europe Strategy Forum
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From the Ambassador
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Poland’s Delegation at the 67th Annual
UN General Assembly
2
High State Awards for U.S. Polonia
Cardinal Dolan Awarded Officer’s Cross of
Merit
Poland’s Diplomats Decorated for Work
in Syria
Poland’s President Meets Young Polonia
Poland’s President at West Point
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Science & Technology Policy Conference
8
Outside the Beltway – News from our
Consulates
10
Introducing Poland’s Honorary
Consulate in Las Vegas
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To Listen + Book Giveaway +
Did You Know
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Embassy of Poland Newsletter
September 2012
POLAND’S DELEGATION AT THE 67TH
ANNUAL UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Poland’s President Bronisław Komorowski led a delegation to the
67th UN General Assembly, held in New York at the end of
September. The opening of the UNGA’s new session is the most
important date in the UN calendar, and constitutes an opportunity
for world leaders to present their views on current issues that are on
the UN’s agenda. The Polish delegation included First Lady Anna
Komorowska and Poland’s Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski.
“We pledge our readiness to stand with others in pursuit of ideals
that lead to a more secure world,” the President said in his UN
address on Sept. 26, 2012. He recalled Poland’s Solidarity movement
and the 1989 Round Table Talks, which ultimately brought about
profound social change and freedom to Poland. The President said
that Poland has experience in democratic transitions and stands
ready to share those experiences, although they cannot be used in a
“copy and paste manner.”
“I speak for a country that went from a totalitarian regime to
democratic stability within the last 20 years,” the President said.
Today, Poland is a “free country that can develop without
limitations.” It’s also a country that offers development and
humanitarian aid around the world (see the Polish Aid website for
details and information on projects).
The President also spoke of the global economic crisis, Syria,
Afghanistan and the death of U.S. Ambassador to Libya J.
Christopher Stevens. He stressed the role of compromise in resolving
international conflicts, and decried civilian – especially child –
victims of those conflicts.
In addition to his UN address, the President met with UN Secretary
General Ban Ki-moon and held bilateral talks with the Presidents of
Afghanistan, Georgia and Moldova.
Poland’s Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski held talks with his
counterparts from the Republic of Korea, Libya, Columbia and
Senegal. One of the Minister’s primary goals during the UN General
Assembly was the promotion of Poland’s candidacy for nonpermanent membership in the UN Security Council. He also took
part in meetings of the Group of Friends of Europe and of the EU
Ministers of Foreign Affairs, where he discussed the Eastern
Partnership with NATO member state Foreign Ministers and U.S.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Minister Sikorski took part in an informal ministerial debate on the
Middle East at the International Peace Institute. He also met with
former Secretary of State, U.S. National Security Advisor and Nobel
Peace Prize laureate Henry Kissinger in a meeting attended by New
York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, author and columnist Peggy
Noonan, and foreign policy experts and journalists.
Poland’s delegation to New York also included Ministry of Foreign
Affairs Under-Secretaries Grażyna Bernatowicz, Bogusław Winid
and Maciej Szpunar.
WATCH
The President’s UN Address
PHOTOS
1, 2, 3. President Bronisław Komorowski speaks at the UN General
Assembly in New York on Sept. 26, 2012.
4. First Lady Anna Komorowska and Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski
listen to President Komorowski’s UNGA address.
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On Sept. 26, 2012, the Consulate General of Poland in
New York hosted a ceremony during which President
Bronisław Komorowski and the First Lady honored
Polish-Americans with high Polish state awards.
HIGH STATE
AWARDS FOR
U.S. POLONIA
Ohio Congresswoman MARCY KAPTUR was awarded
the Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit for
outstanding achievements in the development of Polish-American
cooperation and for promoting the dissemination of historical
knowledge about the Katyń Massacre. Read about the
declassification of U.S. documents on the Massacre on page 6 of this
newsletter.
Polish-U.S. translator BILL JOHNSTON and Polish Scout leader
MARIA BIELSKA were awarded the Officer’s Cross of the Order of
Merit. A prolific and talented translator, Mr. Johnston’s most recent
literary award was the PEN Translation Award for Wiesław
Myśliwski’s Stone Upon Stone. He has also translated the works of
such Polish authors as Stanislaw Lem, Juliusz Słowacki, Stefan
Żeromski, Tadeusz Różewicz, Witold Gombrowicz and Magdalena
Tuli. Ms. Bielska is a long-time leader in the Polish-American
Scouting Organization, and received her award for outstanding
achievements in Polish community activities and for the
development of the scouting organization in the U.S.
ROBERT L. BILLINGSLEY, ANDRZEJ ROJEK and WANDA
URBANSKA received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit. As
part of the Jan Karski U.S. Centennial Campaign Steering
Committee, the trio was instrumental in the successful campaign for
the awarding of Jan Karski’s posthumous Presidential Medal of
Freedom. The Knight’s Cross was awarded for their outstanding
contributions to the promotion of historical knowledge about
Poland, and for advocating increased understanding between Poles
and Americans.
MARTHA EGGERTH received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of
Merit for her achievements in the artistic world, and her social and
charitable activities. A singer and actress, she has appeared in more
than 40 films in 5 languages, and performed numerous concerts,
operettas and recitals around the world. She married famous Polish
tenor Jan Kiepura in 1936 and the couple, known as Europe’s
liebespaar (love pair) was famously popular for decades. Ms. Eggerth
celebrated her 100th birthday in April – sto lat!
JACK GOLDFARB received the Knight’s Cross of the
Order of Merit for his outstanding advocacy in
promoting Polish-Jewish relations. Read about one of
his projects – a tablet in Staszów, Poland that honors
23 Poles that helped the Jews of Staszów during
WWII.
The late HELENA BOGUNIEWICZ, a Polish Scout leader, was also
awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit for her exceptional
contributions to the promotion of the Polish culture and national
traditions, and to the development of the Polish-American Scouting
Organization.
WŁODZIMIERZ ILNICKI, ZDZISŁAW KAPEK, KRZYSZTOF
RUTKOWSKI, ANDRZEJ SĘKOWSKI, and MAREK EUGENIUSZ
KOŃKA were awarded the Cross of Freedom and Solidarity in
recognition of activities leading to Polish sovereignty, and the
respect of human rights in the People’s Republic of Poland.
BETSEY BLAKESLEE was decorated with the Gold Cross of Merit for
her work in promoting historical knowledge about Poland and for
working towards better understanding between Poles and
Americans. Ms. Blakeslee’s efforts were instrumental to the
renovation of the garden established at West Point Academy by
Tadeusz Kościuszko and is a staunch promoter of his legacy.
Poland’s Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski awarded the Bene
Merito medal to Honorary Consul of Poland in Boston MAREK
LEŚNIEWSKI-LASS and CZESLAW CZAPLINSKI – photographer,
journalist and documentary filmmaker – whose wife accepted the
medal on his behalf.
Upon completion of the medal ceremony, Poland’s President lauded
the individuals decorated that evening, and invited all to join him,
his wife, the Foreign Minister and other Polish government officials
to the Consulate’s salons for a reception.
PHOTOS
Clockwise from top left: 1. Bill Johnston, Rep. Marcy Kaptur with Poland’s
President 2. Pres. Komorowski with Martha Eggerth 3. The President with
Polish-American Scouting leaders 4. A full house at the Consulate 5. Pres.
Komorowski shakes hands with Rep. Marcy Kaptur 6. The awards.
Photographer: Piotr Molecki / Chancellery of the President of Poland
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Cardinal Dolan said the award has particular value to him because it
comes from Poland, and Poland is the homeland of Pope John II,
the person closest to his own heart.
A close collaborator of Pope John Paul II’s, Cardinal Dolan
maintains a cordial relationship with the hierarchy of Poland’s
Roman Catholic Church. This July, he hosted the Archbishop of
Kraków – Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz – with whom he has a longlasting friendship. Together, the Cardinals wrote the preface and
foreword to a unique collection, “The Saint for Shalom,” which
includes the texts of all John Paul II’s speeches and documents
devoted to Judaism, Israel and Jewish-related topics.
Cardinal Dolan supported the creation of the Chapel of Our Lady of
Częstochowa in St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Manhattan’s Fifth
Avenue. Each May for the past seven years, Cardinal Dolan has
helped to organize a commemorative concert dedicated to John Paul
II.
CARDINAL
DOLAN
AWARDED
OFFICER’S
CROSS OF
MERIT
Archbishop of New York TIMOTHY DOLAN
was honored in a ceremony held at the
Consulate General of Poland in New York on
Sept. 25, 2012 hosted by Poland’s President
Bronisław Komorowski. The President
decorated Cardinal Dolan with the Officer’s
Cross of Merit in the presence of PolishAmerican clergy, Polonia representatives and
media.
Poland’s President Bronisław
Komorowski met with
representatives from PolishAmerican Chambers of Commerce,
Polish companies active in the U.S.
market, as well as U.S. investors
who support internships for Polish
POLAND’S
PRESIDENT
MEETS WITH
BUSINESS
LEADERS
ACTIVE IN
POLISH AND U.S.
MARKETS
students on Sept. 27, 2012 at
Poland’s Consulate General in New
York.
During the meeting, the attendees
presented the initiatives undertaken
by the Chambers of Commerce and
business councils that are key to
strengthening bilateral economic
relations.
The meeting also included a
presentation of an initiative from
Poland’s Ministry of Economy,
which will accelerate the entrance of
new Polish technology companies into the U.S. market. This
initiative has received support from President Komorowski’s
Chancellery.
The President highlighted two business events that took part in the
first half of 2012 and gave impetus to cooperation between Polish
and U.S. companies. The first, an annual economic workshop that
took place in Chicago in May, produced a Joint Program
Declaration. The second event – the Polish-American Economic
Summit – was held this June in Warsaw.
PHOTO
Poland’s President Bronisław Komorowski addresses Polish and U.S.
business leaders at the Polish Consulate General in New York; courtesy of the
Trade & Investment Section of Poland’s Embassy in the U.S.
Following the award ceremony, guests took part in a cocktail
reception at the Consulate, attended also by Polish school staff,
many of whom conduct their activities in cooperation with Polish
parishes.
PHOTOS by Piotr Molecki / Chancellery of the President of Poland
The Consulate of Poland in New
York hosted a meeting of Poland’s
President Bronisław Komorowski
with representatives of Polonia’s
younger generations on Sept. 27,
2012. Poland’s First Lady Anna
Komorowska also took part, and
Consul General Ewa JunczykZiomecka moderated the event.
Attendees included Polish and
Polish-American students and
university alumni, Polonia activists
and young professionals.
POLAND’S
PRESIDENT
MEETS YOUNG
POLISHAMERICANS
Jolanta Caytas of Columbia Univ.
welcomed the President on behalf
of the Polish-American community and presented the issues facing
that community today. Other speakers included President of the
Harvard Club of Poland Krzysztof Daniewski, writer and journalist
Zuzanna Głowacka, architect Piotr Szałęga, and President of the
Polish Student Organization Karolina Leszczewicz.
President Komorowski shared the democratic and economic
progress that Poland has made, and said that after its political
transformation the country has either caught up with the West or
surpassed it – as in its distinction of being the fastest growing
economy in the EU. In response to a question about what the Polish
community can do for Poland, the President replied that Poland is
no longer threatened existentially as it was in the last century. But a
challenge remains – the building of the image of Poland as a modern
country with well-educated citizens who are successful in various
aspects of life. And in this vein, the President encouraged those
gathered to focus on their own careers, as experience and skill can be
as valuable as financial capital.
The President said he believes that the participants’ success and
achievements will reflect positively on Poland, and encouraged all to
work hard and to represent modern Poland, its culture and values
proudly.
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President Bronisław Komorowski visited
POLAND’S
West Point Military Academy on Sept. 25,
2012. Famed Polish general Tadeusz
PRESIDENT
Kościuszko is one of the academy’s most
AT WEST
prominent icons: A brilliant engineer,
Kościuszko was tasked by George
POINT
Washington to fortify the stronghold at West
Point during the American Revolutionary
War. The President said that Kościuszko was a true soldier who
fought for “our freedom and yours.”
The President met with Dean of Academics at West Point, Brig. Gen.
Timothy Trainor, and Commandant of Cadets, Brig. Gen. Ted
Martin, and laid a wreath at the foot of the academy’s Kościuszko
Monument.
During his visit, the President also met with a group of PolishAmericans who have worked for years to preserve Kościuszko’s
legacy at West Point.
PHOTOS
Courtesy of U.S. Military Academy Public Affairs:
1. + 2.: The President at West Point’s Kościuszko Monument 3. The President
with West Point cadets 4. At the foot of West Point’s Kościuszko Monument,
Cadet First Captain James Whittington presents President Komorowski with a
cadet saber 5. The President with Polish-Americans.
AMERICAN
POLISH
ADVISORY
COUNCIL 2012
CONFERENCE
On Sept. 29, 2012 the American Polish
Advisory Council (APAC) held its first
conference. The conference comprised
panel discussions on changing
community demographics, Polish-U.S.
political engagement, trade and
economic cooperation between the
U.S. and Poland, as well as the PolishAmerican community’s participation in the November elections.
The event gathered around 200 Polish-Americans, representatives
from the U.S. administration and Congress.
Poland’s Ambassador to the U.S. Ryszard Schnepf presented the
priorities of his mission to the United States. In his speech, he
pointed to the special relationship that bonds Poland and the U.S.
– a relationship based on friendship, cooperation, strategic
alliance, and also history – as in the joint efforts that led to
Poland’s joining NATO. Ambassador Schnepf focused on
security, democracy promotion, the economy, people-to-people
contacts – including the addition of Poland into the Visa Waiver
Program, and cooperation with the Polish-American community
with regard to his ongoing and future work.
The American Polish Advisory Council (APAC) was incorporated
as a not-for-profit corporation in the District of Columbia on Jan.
21, 2003. The main goal of the organization is to encourage
Polish-American involvement in politics and government at all
levels.
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U.S. NATIONAL
ARCHIVES
RELEASES NEWLY
DECLASSIFIED
MATERIALS ON
THE 1940 KATYŃ
MASSACRE
On Sept. 10, 2012, the U.S.
National Archives released
newly declassified U.S. materials
on the 1940 Katyń Massacre.
The occasion was marked at the
U.S. Capitol with a formal
opening attended by Polish
diplomats, U.S. government
officials, and Polish-Americans –
both WII veterans and Katyń
victims’ families.
Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, who played an instrumental role
in bringing about the declassification of the documents, said that
this was a day long awaited, a day “to help make history whole.”
She opened the event with a moment of silence for the victims,
and then gave a historical overview of the massacre.
Katyń Forest, where the Soviet Secret Police murdered more
than 4,000 Polish prisoners-of-war in 1940, is one of multiple
grave sites containing 22,000+ Polish high-ranking officers,
policemen, and civil servants – murdered in the spring of 1940 by
the Soviet Secret Police.
of U.S. documents relating to the Katyń Massacre are now publicly available.
The graves were discovered in 1943 by the German Nazi army,
which by that point had broken its alliance with Soviet Russia
and invaded its territories, inadvertently discovering mass graves.
Once the Soviets recovered the territory, they did their best to
blame the massacre on the German Nazis. Only in 1990 did
Mikhail Gorbachev publicly admit Soviet culpability.
Krystyna Piórkowska, representing the Katyń Families Federation in Warsaw,
read a letter from the organization’s president, Izabella Saryusz-Skapska.
A team from the U.S. National Archives presented its methodology and findings
during the Sept. 10 event, and was followed by an NGO panel that gave a
technical assessment of the declassification effort.
“The victims were our brothers, fathers, grandfathers,” Ms. Piórkowska said.
Rep. Marcy Kaptur and Rep. Daniel Lipinski sent a joint letter to
U.S. President Barack Obama on Aug. 19, 2011 requesting the
issuance of an executive order to make all U.S. government
documents on the massacre available. This request was taken on
by the U.S. National Archives as a special project.
Allen Paul, author of Katyń, Stalin’s Massacre and the Triumph of Truth, focused on
the importance of shared archives to document the attitudes of successive U.S.
administrations towards the massacre. Mark Kramer, Director of Harvard
University’s Cold War Studies Program, said that the documents “enrich, enhance
past knowledge on Katyń.”
“Such research projects do not come up very often,” according to
The Katyń Forest Massacre booklet released by the National
Declassification Center. “We needed to understand the setting in
which the events occurred: not only that thousands of Polish
prisoners of war were transported to Kozielsk, Ostashkov and
Starobelsk, but also the historical relationship between Poland
and Russia, and the networks of alliances,” the booklet
continues. “We needed to identify the person involved... And we
needed to know the legacy of Katyń: its impact on international
relations, on public perception, and on national consciousness.”
Barbara Andersen, President of the Polish American Congress DC Office,
presented the history and consequences of the Katyń Massacre.
In 1951-52, the U.S. Congress Select Committee on the Katyń
Forest Massacre named the perpetrators and helped to educate
the world about what happened in 1940 to so many of Poland’s
best and brightest. More recently, Poland cooperated with the
U.S. Congress on the conference “Katyń Forest: Massacre,
Politics, Morality,” hosted by the U.S. Library of Congress in
2010. These, combined with numerous actions by institutions
and individuals – including Polish-Americans – have helped keep
the search for truth about the Massacre alive throug the years.
Poland’s Chargé d’Affaires Maciej Pisarski read a letter from
Poland’s Minister of Affairs Radosław Sikorski (see sidebar).
“I would like to thank the Honorable Marcy Kaptur and PolishAmericans for their continuous effort of bringing the truth about
the Katyń Massacre to the public attention,” Mr. Pisarski added.
“I would also like to express my gratitude to the U.S. National
Archives for the meticulous work culminating in today’s release
of source documents on the Katyń Massacre.”
The declassified U.S. documents include dispatches, telegrams,
maps, photos, letters, surveys, memos, diplomatic notes, and
videos, among others. The newly declassified 1,000 pages is now
available on the U.S. National Archives website along with a
previously declassified 1,000 pages. That means that 2,000 pages
“This ceremony has special meaning for me,” Ms. Andersen said. “Among the
22,000 victims was my grandfather.” She credited Polonia around the world for its
commitment to this matter. “Polish-American communities around the world do
not forget their heroes,” she said.
Rep. Dan Lipinski concluded the event, expressing satisfaction with the
declassification effort. “Only by knowing the truth can we prevent this sort of thing
from happening again,” he said.
LEARN MORE
The U.S. National Archives page on Katyń
READ
A joint statement by Rep. Marcy Kaptur and the Embassy of Poland
PHOTOS
Clockwise from top left: Event poster; Rep. Marcy Kaptur; Event attendees – WWII veterans
& victims’ families; Poland’s Chargé d’Affaires M. Pisarski.
Poland’s Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski
sent Rep. Marcy Kaptur a letter on Sept. 10,
2012 thanking her for her role in declassifying
U.S. documents on the 1940 Katyń Massacre.
POLAND’S FOREIGN
MINISTER THANKS
U.S. REP.
MARCY KAPTUR
“I thank you and the United States National
Archives for your hard work over these past months, and for making sure that
these documents have finally seen the light of day,” Minister Sikorski wrote.
“Congresswoman Kaptur, your perseverance and that of your colleagues has
been instrumental in allowing future generations to better understand the
traumatic experiences of the Polish nation during World War II.”
READ The Minister’s letter to Rep. Marcy Kaptur
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The Visegrad Group has a rotating presidency, currently held
by Poland, and Mr. Pisarski outlined the highlights of Poland’s
presidency program, “V4 for integration and cohesion.”
During the first panel of the day, Poland’s Deputy Foreign
Minister Bogusław Winid, Director of Warsaw Office of the
German Marshall Found Andrew Michta and President of the
Polish-American Business Council Eric Stewart discussed the
contemporary Polish-U.S. relationship, focusing both on its
political dimension as well as cooperation in the strategic fields
of energy and defense. Minister Winid underlined prospects for
strengthening the region’s military and industrial ties with the
U.S. through the possible development of joint projects such as
the missile defense system, transfer of new technologies and a
common presence in third countries markets.
On Sept. 21, 2012, the Embassy hosted Day
U.S.-CENTRAL
2 of the annual U.S.-Central Europe Strategy
Forum, organized by the Center for
EUROPE
European Policy Analysis (CEPA). The
STRATEGY
event gathered more than 100
FORUM
representatives of the U.S. administration,
WASHINGTON, DC
DC’s diplomatic and academic
SEPT. 20-21
communities, as well as journalists and
analysts from Central European and U.S.
think-tanks and foreign policy institutes.
In his welcoming remarks, Poland’s Chargé d’Affaires Maciej Pisarski
highlighted the importance of the Visegrad Group (V4) as the only
regional cooperation structure created in Eastern Europe after the fall of
communism, and one that continues to grow and set ever more ambitious
tasks for itself. The Visegrad Group is an informal, regional form of
cooperation of four Central-European countries – Poland, Czech
Republic, Slovakia and Hungary – which share not only a neighborhood
and similar geopolitical conditions, but also common history, tradition,
culture and values.
POLAND’S
DIPLOMATS
DECORATED
FOR WORK IN
SYRIA
The day’s second panel concentrated on the prospects and
challenges of the V4 and regional cooperation in Central
Europe. Analysts and researchers representing the V4 countries
(István Balogh, Junior Research Fellow, Hungarian Institute of
International Affairs; Dominik Jankowski, Expert Analyst,
National Security Bureau of the Republic of Poland; Robert
Kron, Research Analyst, CEPA; Lucia Najšlová, Editor-inChief, Slovak Foreign Policy Association) exchanged views on
a range of shared regional priorities, including initiatives in
energy, the Eastern neighborhood and defense.
The event was followed with a working lunch with Dr.
Zbigniew Brzeziński, former National Security Advisor, who
delivered personal remarks on U.S. foreign policy, PolishRussian reconciliation and global perspectives.
PHOTOS
Column 1: Poland’s Chargé d’Affaires M. Pisarski welcomes guests;
A. Wess Mitchell, CEPA President; Z. Brzezinski; J. J. Grygiel, SAIS;
Column 2: A. Michta; E. Stewart; Min. B. Winid;
Column 3: Z. Brzezinski; Audience question.
The Polish diplomats who helped set up
and run the U.S. Interests Section at
Poland’s Embassy in Damascus, Syria
were decorated by U.S. Ambassador to
Poland Lee Feinstein on Sept. 14, 2012
in a ceremony held in Warsaw, Poland.
The U.S. State Department asked
Poland’s government to serve as U.S.
protecting power in Syria in February 2012, taking Poland’s special
standing in the Middle East into account.
An agreement establishing a U.S. Interests Section as part of
Poland’s Embassy in Damascus was signed Feb. 5, 2012. The next
day, the U.S. government closed its mission in Syria.
Poland’s diplomats provided consular assistance to U.S. nationals,
intervened on behalf of detainees and dealt with security issues.
They also supervised all administrative and financial matters related
to U.S. Embassy property.
A notable achievement was the work of Poland’s diplomats to help
recover the body of U.S. journalist Marie Colvin from the
embattled city of Homs and the organization of the return of her
remains to the United States. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
publicly thanked Poland’s diplomatic service for these efforts.
The U.S. Interests Section in Poland’s Embassy in Damascus
operated until July 27, 2012, when Foreign Minister Radosław
Sikorski decreed that the Embassy was to temporarily suspend its
activities.
PHOTOS
Clockwise from top left: 1. The ceremony took place in the U.S. Embassy
in Warsaw; 2. Adam Kułach, Plenipotentiary of the Minister of Foreign
Affairs for North Africa and Director of Africa and ME Dept.; 3. U.S.
Ambassador to Poland Lee Feinstein; Ambassador Adam Kułach;
Minister Jerzy Pomianowski. 4. Jerzy Pomianowski, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs Under Secretary.
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GORDON
CONFERENCE:
“SCIENCE &
TECHNOLOGY
POLICY IN
GLOBAL
CONTEXT”
September 2012
Gordon Research Conferences organized an
international meeting titled “Science and Technology
Policy in Global Context” in Waterville, New
Hampshire Aug. 5-10, 2012.
The meeting’s aim was the oversight of social sciences
and R&D important for U.S. policy and economy. The
conference gathered 120 participants from academic
centers, governmental and non-governmental
institutions from the U.S., Europe, China, India and
South America.
The conference focused on international trends in science policy and the role of
major stakeholders in the global research and innovation market. The conference
confirmed the prominent and increasing role of science policy as an instrument of
the current U.S. administration’s foreign policy.
The conference also attested to ongoing U.S. interest in collaboration with
Central and Eastern Europe, including the countries invited to the EU Eastern
Partnership Program.
Embassy representatives presented a poster on the prospects of transatlantic
collaboration within the framework of the Program.
CLICK on the poster for a full-size version.
EURO NIGHT
2012
We joined Washington,
DC’s other EU Embassies
on Sept. 28, 2012 for Euro
Night 2012 – the largest
annual festival of culture
held in the U.S. capital.
The French Embassy
hosted, and each of the
embassies prepared a table
with food and drinks, as
well as information on
their country.
We presented a wide array
of booklets and pamphlets
on Poland – from tourist
attractions to Poland’s
health spas and national
parks. We served bigos – a
traditional Polish hunter’s
stew prepared by our
Embassy chef – as well as
Polish cheesecake and
Delicje cookies, two types
of Polish beer and Polish
bison grass vodka with
apple juice.
Thanks to the many,
many visitors who
stopped by our table!
Hope to see you again
next year.
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September 2012
Embassy of Poland Newsletter
CHATTING PIŁSUDSKI WITH THE AUTHOR OF “UNVANQUISHED:
JÓZEF PIŁSUDSKI, RESURRECTED POLAND, AND THE STRUGGLE
FOR EASTERN EUROPE”
The author of a new
biography on famed
Polish statesman Józef
Piłsudski is neither a
Pole nor a writer by
trade – he’s an geologist
who visited Poland for
the first time while
researching his book,
“Unvanquished: Józef
Piłsudski, Resurrected
Poland, and the
Struggle for Eastern
Europe.” We spoke with Mr. Hetherington on
Sept. 26, 2012 before a book event hosted by
the Embassy.
to understand Poland. Unless you put all those
pieces together and understand the relationship
between the Kresy and the Ukrainians and the
Russians and the Latvians and the whole mix –
you begin to really appreciate that part of the
world and how WWII evolved.
The history’s rich and it’s a big missing hole for
most Americans.
The Economist today published an interview with
Halik Kochanski, who’s just written the book “The
Eagle Unbowed: The Polish People & the Second
World War” that deals with why Poland’s wartime
story is not well-known in the West.
Norman Davies has written tremendously
about it, and it’s there, but it’s not very well
read. There are reasons why both the East and
How does one set out to write a definitive biography
West tried to minimize Poland, which is a
of Piłsudski?
complex, long story. And I’m speaking as an
In fits and starts. The project evolved. My first
American – Americans on several occasions
attempt was to read a good biography of Józef
because of hard-boiled realism more or less
Piłsudski, and there were several out there. But
abandoned Poland because they needed the
I thought they were not very objective for
Soviet Union to finish off the Nazis and for
various reasons. I was surprised that someone
Japan. But the history of abandoned Poland
who’s such an important historical figure did
goes back quite a ways. What struck me about
not have a nice biography. I could describe it as
Poland is that it’s the story of freedom and
a hobby gone haywire: For
liberty. That’s why Poles are
the first two years, all that I
“WHAT STRUCK ME
so important in the American
did is research. I read as
Revolution. Americans today
ABOUT POLAND IS THAT
much as I could about
complain if they have to wait
IT’S THE STORY OF
Poland, about Piłsudski.
in line at Starbucks. Poles
And then I embarked upon
FREEDOM AND LIBERTY.”
were willing to die for their
writing this biography. At
freedom and I don’t think
first I didn’t know how to type – the very first
Americans appreciate that.
pages were handwritten. So I had to learn how
How did you go about tackling Polish history, which
to type. I hadn’t written anything since I was a
is so complex? That’s a feeling I have about why the
sophomore in high school. I had to develop my
story hasn’t made it out to Western audiences. If you
own writing style. I wrote a 300-page history of
look at nearly every era of Polish history – including
Poland as a warm-up. There are plenty of good
the era when Piłsudski lived: there’s no Poland.
histories of Poland but I wanted to do that to
make sure I understood the Polish history.
Then, there is Poland. Then, there are factions
within Poland. There are so many different layers.
I’m a full time geologist, geophysicist, so I
How did you go about researching, understanding,
would come into work an hour early, I would
and then making it palpable to Western audiences?
work on it at night. I gave up TV, which turned
Poland was a protean country –always
out to be a good thing. I ended up reading 200
changing. You use the world layers. As a
books on Eastern Europe and Poland. We went
geologist, what I do is look at complex
to Poland twice. I made contact with Polish
situations, at all sorts of data, and it’s not
friends. The first edition was kind of testing the
connected. And then I make connections, I put
waters. I sent it out to some professors and got
it into a coherent, consistent interpretation
some great feedback. One in particular at the
where there’s a premium for being correct. I
University of Kansas – Anna Cienciala –
used the same methodology with the history. I
worked on it virtually every day for six months.
had to put together all the pieces and then
She went over it page by page, went over all
connect them. History is making connections.
my references, gave me a whole new list – she
Then you have to understand everything that
treated me like a PhD student. When the dust
was done in context. If you just take out a piece
cleared, the second edition is I think a very
of history – for instance, early in his life,
credible biography. And I hope it’s objective.
Piłsudski was a train robber. Well, [some say]
he was a criminal. No. He had these different
Had you had contact with Poland before the book?
roles he assumed depending on the perspective.
This was my first time. I didn’t have any
intention to write a Polish history, I didn’t
It was hard. It took a lot of time. There’s no
grow up in a Polish community. I was stunned
shortcuts. But I hope that my book presents this
about everything I didn’t know. I thought I was
information in a palatable form, that it’s
pretty well read. But I didn’t understand about
conversational, and it’s also tailored for
Poland, Eastern Europe. To understand
Americans, because I put it in the context [of]
Eastern Europe you have to understand
events that were occurring in Western Europe
Poland, and to understand Piłsudski you have
at the time, and America.
Piłsudski is such an icon for Poles; a myth. Many of
the book reviews cite that you’ve really brought him
to life. Did you do that intentionally, and if so how?
I wanted to give the human story. That was the
problem when I read these other biographies.
There were, I’ll call them Soviet-influenced
biographies that were very negative, and then
there were biographies that were written at the
time of his life or by his wife, and they were
heliographic hero worship to a certain extent. I
realize that every human has their foibles, as
well as their good points. Going into the
project, I didn’t know if Piłsudski was a hero or
a villain, because the aspects of the coup and
some of the things he did were definitely
negative. I went into it with an open mind. I
didn’t have a dog in the fight – I’m not Polish.
At the end of the project, I’m convinced that he
is firmly on the side of being a great man, a
hero. What he did was overwhelmingly
positive. Everything he did was for a greater
cause. He never took money, he lived a very
simple lifestyle, so he wasn’t doing this for
personal aggrandizement. His goal from
beginning to end was Polish independence –
that’s what I’ve determined.
How would you have introduced the figure of
Piłsudski to readers before writing the book? How
would you introduce him now?
From the little snippets that is afforded in most
textbooks, I would have said he was a petty
dictator. Now, I would say he was a prescient
statesman and a freedom fighter that was a
great asset for the Polish people. So, my
perspective changed quite a bit.
— Justine Jablonska, the Embassy’s Press Advisor,
spoke with Mr. Hetherington.
PHOTOS
1. Peter Hetherington gives his presentation
2. Piłsudski on a mural at our Embassy by Jan
Henryk Rosen; we wrote about the mural in our July
2011 newsletter 3. The event audience.
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Outside the Beltway – News from our Consulates
QUO VADIS
CONFERENCE IN
CHICAGO
Quo Vadis – an annual
conference for students
and young
professionals of Polish
descent – took place in
Chicago on Aug. 2426, 2012, bringing together delegates from the U.S., Canada and
Europe for a series of workshops, panel discussions and networking
events. The conference emphasized the values of the Polish heritage,
and facilitated formal and informal exchanges between the
participants in an effort to build and strengthen their own PolishAmerican communities.
The conference theme, “Modern Leaders: Own Your Identity,” was
geared to encourage the highly-educated generation of young PolishAmericans to explore the answers to Quo Vadis – Where are we going?
The participants explored what identity they wish to present as a
Polish-American community and what steps to take to promote that
community.
The conference was attended by ~100 young professionals of Polish
descent. Speakers included LAURA SCHWARTZ, chief of President Bill
Clinton’s protocol; TADEUSZ RADZIŁOWSKI, Piast Institute president;
KAREN MAJEWSKI, mayor of Hamtramck, MI; AURELIA PUCINSKI,
former Justice of the Cook County Court; WESLEY ADAMCZYK,
author of “When God Looked the Other Way,” WANDA URBANSKA,
Jan Karski U.S. Centennial Campaign president.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary JANUSZ CISEK,
KRZYSZTOF KASPRZYK, Counselor-Minister at the Polish Diaspora
Department of Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and
Undersecretary of State at the Chancellery of Poland’s President
MACIEJ KLIMCZAK also attended the conference.
The conference was organized by a committee headed by AGNES
PTASZNIK and JOANNA KOSON. The conference received considerable
support from Poland’s Consulate General in Chicago.
PROFESSOR
ZAWODNY’S
LAST
FAREWELL
Prof. JANUSZ
KAZIMIERZ
ZAWODNY was wellknown to every Pole
in the U.S. A great
educator and researcher of Poland’s history, political scientist, WWII
soldier and Resistance fighter, he wrote one of the earliest and best
works on the 1940 Katyń Massacre, “Death in the Forest,” which
helped educate the world about that terrible event.
Prof. Zawodny passed away earlier this year, and did not have a
chance to see the documents related to the Katyń Massacre
declassified by the U.S. National Archives in September. His burial
ceremony, coordinated by his family, the Office for War Veterans and
Victims of Oppression as well as the Consulate General of Poland in
Los Angeles, was held July 31, 2012 at Powązki Cemetery in
Warsaw. His last farewell gathered numerous officials, including
representatives of Poland’s government, military forces and the
Catholic Church.
PHOTO
Courtesy of the Office for War Veterans and Victims of Oppression
September 2012
BAY AREA DONORS
FOR THE MUSEUM OF
THE HISTORY OF
POLISH JEWS
WALDERMAR DĄBROWSKI,
recently appointed Polish
government Plenipotentiary
for the opening of the
Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, met with 60+ Bay
Area donors on Sept. 5, 2012 at the home of Ann and Gordon Getty in
San Francisco. The meeting was organized under the auspices of
THADDEUS TAUBE, Honorary Consul of Poland in San Francisco. Mr.
Dąbrowski briefed the gathered guests on the Museum’s ongoing
construction, the progress of its core exhibit as well as the programming
planned for the grand opening on Oct. 20, 2013.
Thanks to Mr. Taube’s vital dedication through the Koret Foundation
and the Taube Foundation for Jewish Life and Culture, where he serves
as President and Chair respectively, $16 million was raised and donated
to the Museum.
PHOTO
Consul J. Kozińska-Frybes; Waldemar Dąbrowski, Shana Penn, Honorary
Consul Tad Taube, Aleksandra Kurzak
WATCH
“Museum of the History of Polish Jews” on Taube Philanthropies’
YouTubeChannel
POLISH OPERA
SINGERS ON WEST
COAST STAGES
Polish opera singers
ALEKSANDRA KURZAK and
MARIUSZ KWIECIEŃ were
guests at major opera events
on the West Coast this
summer and fall. Ms. Kurzak
sang the role of Gilda on opening night of Verdi’s Rigoletto at the San
Francisco Opera in early September. The opera celebrated its 90th season
opening that evening, and Ms. Kurzak – a soprano who performed in Los
Angeles in 2011 – garnered extraordinary reviews. Mr. Kwiecień was one
of the major stars of the Santa Fe Opera Festival, held annually in JulyAugust. He played the role of King Roger in the opera by Polish
composer Karol Szymanowski under the same title. The opera was sung
in Polish and beautifully produced and performed. The only native Polish
singer, Mr. Kwiecień was received with well-deserved admiration.
Following Piotr Beczała’s April Los Angeles performances, the presence
of Polish opera singers on the West Coast seems well confirmed.
PHOTO
“King Roger” – Photo by Ken Howard, courtesy of The Santa Fe Opera
AWARD CEREMONY IN CHICAGO
During a networking reception for Quo Vadis conference participants at
the Consulate General in Chicago, Undersecretary of State Janusz Cisek
awarded ROBERT OGRODNIK, Honorary Consul in St. Louis, with the
Bene Merito medal, an honorary distinction conferred upon those whose
activities enhance Poland’s position on the international arena.
Undersecretary of State at the Chancellery of the President Maciej
Klimczak bestowed the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the
Republic of Poland to Polish WW2 veteran WŁODZIMIERZ KLONOWSKI;
the Cavalier’s Cross of the Order of Merit to veteran HENRYK
KOŁODYŃSKI, and the Cavalier’s Cross of the Order of Merit to engineer
MIROSŁAW NIEDZIŃSKI.
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September 2012
Outside the Beltway – News from our Consulates
Poland has 18 Honorary Consulates throughout the U.S. In this issue, we’re starting a new
tradition of presenting one of these Consulates and its work. What better place to start than the
vibrant city of Las Vegas? Our Honorary Consul John Petkus brings us the following report.
HONORARY CONSULATE OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND IN LAS VEGAS
Spanning 15 western states in the U.S., the Consulate General of Poland in Los Angeles’
consular territory is the largest in area in the U.S. Our Honorary Consulate in Las Vegas
reports directly to and receives great support from the Consul General’s office and
Consul General Joanna Kozińska-Frybes.
Las Vegas is a young city by the standards of the world, in existence for 107 years; it has
experienced amazing growth during that time as well as gathered a large and active
Polish community. About 12,000 Poles call Las Vegas home, and the city is home to
~50,000 Americans of Polish descent. Our Polonia founded the John Paul II Polish
School six years ago, and expanded it since. Many activities are organized by the Polish
American Social Club of Las Vegas and the local chapter of the Polish National
Alliance. The Polish community in Las Vegas is also served by three Polish speaking
priests at the Catholic parish, Our Lady of Las Vegas. The largest Synagogue in Las
Vegas, Temple Beth Shalom, has built an amazing Memorial Garden and structure out
of material from the Warsaw Ghetto, honoring those who lived and died there.
Each year we sponsor numerous events spotlighting Polish culture, education and
business throughout Las Vegas and Nevada along with supporting our local Polish clubs
and groups. One of our signature events over the past several years has been our
sponsorship of a Polish youth football (soccer) team to come to Las Vegas and
participate in the Las Vegas Mayors Cup International Football Tournament in
February. Teams from more than 15 countries come to Las Vegas (nearly 400 teams in
2013) to participate in the tournament. Two years ago, the U19 (under 19) team from
Wisła Krakow came and won the tournament. Last year, the U19 team from Legia
Warszawa visited and came in third. We are proud to announce that for the 2013
tournament, we will not only have the boys’ U19 team from Legia back, we will also
have the Polish National Girls U19 team here to participate. Poland’s participation in
the Las Vegas tournament draws not only our local Polonia for support, but numerous
others who travel here from southern California, Arizona and Utah.
Las Vegas is also home to the triplets Alizma – Aleksandra, Izabela
and Monika Okapiec, originally from Poland. Alizma entertain
around the world; the women play violins and sing, and took part
in America’s Got Talent a few years ago. We are always happy when
they take time from their busy schedule to take part in our cultural
events.
You may think that Las Vegas is only casinos, but you will find that we also have a great
range of cultural, recreation and educational opportunities available too and above all, a
great Polish community that calls Las Vegas home.
—John Petkus, Honorary Consul, Consulate of the Republic of Poland in Las Vegas
STAY IN TOUCH:
• Consulate of the Republic of Poland in Las Vegas
• Polish American Social Club of Las Vegas
• Polish School John Paul II of Las Vegas
WHAT’S AN
HONORARY
CONSULATE?
On any particular day,
Poland’s diplomatic
corps of Ambassadors,
Consul General,
Consuls, Trade, Educational and Military
Representatives provide important and vital
services in the promotion of Poland and
services to its citizens while they are abroad.
Augmenting Poland’s professional diplomatic
corps is Poland’s corps of Honorary Consuls,
which are accredited by a sending nation and
also by the receiving nation to represent a
country and the interests of its government
and people in a prescribed Consular district.
An Honorary Consul represents Poland in its
Consular district (typically a state) in matters
that best serve Poland. Duties include the
promotion of cultural, trade, education and
business endeavors. Honorary Consuls
coordinate with the local Consular Corps and
local, state and federal institutions in matters
of mutual interest, provide aid to Polish
citizens who may run into legal or other
issues and support the local Polish Diaspora.
POLAND’S HONORARY CONSULATES IN THE
U.S. + HONORARY CONSULS:
Anchorage, AL: Stanislaw Borucki
Fountain Hills, AZ: Bogumil N. Horchem
Belmont, CA: Thaddeus Taube
San Francisco, CA: Christopher Kerosky
Denver, CO: Tomasz Skotnicki
Miami, FL: Blanka Rosenstiel
Atlanta, GA: Lawrence Ashe
Honolulu, HI: Bozena Jamot
Sun Valley, ID: Susan Passovoy
Boston, MA: Marek Lesniewski-Laas
Saint Louis, MS: Robert Ogrodnik
Las Vegas, NV: John Petkus
Raleigh, NC: Dr. Alvin Marcus Fountain II
Oxford, OH: Marek Dollar
Philadelphia, PA: Deborah Majka
Pittsburgh, PA: Dr. Jan Napoleon Saykiewicz
Knoxville, TN: Dr. Marek M. Pienkowski
Houston, TX: Zbigniew Wojciechowski
Nassau, Bahamas: Edith Rebecca Powell
San Juan, Puerto Rico: Bogdan Rogowski
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September 2012
Embassy of Poland Newsletter
We've been listening to
Katy Carr's new single,
Kommander’s Car, and find
it wonderful – take a listen!
The song is inspired by
Kazimierz Piechowski –
who escaped from
Auschwitz in 1942.
TO LISTEN:
“KOMMANDER'S CAR”
BY KATY CARR
The British-Polish singer
released her newest album
the week of September 17
in Poland. Inspired by
Poland's WWII
experiences, the album is
dedicated to the “brave
Polish people who fought
for an Independent
Poland,” she writes on her
website. September 17 was chosen specifically because it’s the
day Soviet Russia invaded Poland in 1939; Nazi Germany had
invaded on September 1, heralding the onset of World War II.
LISTEN
WATCH
VISIT
to the single
the video
Katy Carr’s website
A Polish legend tells of a fierce,
fire-breathing dragon that lived
deep below the Wawel Castle in
Kraków. Recently, a large reptile
that lived millions of years ago in the Silesia region was given the
moniker “Wawel Dragon” by the paleontologists who found its
bones in Poland’s Silesia region in 2008.
DID YOU KNOW:
POLAND’S DRAGON
The paleontologists – Grzegorz
Niedźwiedzki, Tomasz Sulej and
Jerzy Dzik – made the discovery in an
old brickyard in Lisowice. Their find –
bones that comprised the skeleton of a
previously unknown reptile – was
confirmed in the latest issue of Acta
Polonica Paleontologica. And since
naming rights go along with the discovery, the Polish team gave the
bones the genus Smok (Dragon) and the species wawelski (of Wawel
Castle).
This Smok waweski lived in the Triassic period – about 200-205
million years ago. 16-19 feet (5-6 meters) in length, it was the largest
predator in Central Europe at the time. The discovery team also
found remains of dicynodonts – common herbivorous reptiles – at the
Lisowice site, which could have fallen prey to the Smok’s 8centimeter long teeth. It is still unclear if later predatory dinosaurs
evolved from the Smok, as some features of its bones indicate it
could belong to the group Rauisuchia, from which all today’s
crocodiles stem.
We gave away numerous copies
of About Polska, a booklet on
Poland prepared for the Polish
Presidency of the EU Council,
BOOK GIVEAWAY:
“ABOUT
POLSKA”
at Euro Night 2012.
If you weren’t able to join us at
Euro Night but would like to
receive a copy of the book,
email us at washington.press@
msz.gov.pl with your mailing
address, and we’ll send copies
to the first 10 folks who do so.
About Polska is filled with travel
and tourist information,
wonderful photos, city guides
and sections written by locals
on what their favorite sights
and sounds are.
Whether you’re planning a visit
to Poland for the first time or are a seasoned traveler, this
publication is a great guide – we highly recommend it!
The region where the Smok was
discovered is an extremely fertile
location for fossil collectors, who
have found skeletons of marine
reptiles and frogs as well as
mammoth tusks. The Museum of
Paleontology in Lisowice is a great
visit for dinosaur lovers, and features – among others – a full-sized
model of the Smok. In May 2012, the museum’s collection was
enriched by a reconstructed skeleton of the Smok, prepared by a
Warsaw arts workshop in consultation with scientists.
Could this be the legendary dragon that
appears in a famous Polish legend? According
to local lore, a dragon fed on the Kraków
population many centuries ago. Its bloody
reign was brought to an end when it fed on a
sheep stuffed with sulphur and exploded. Two
versions of the legend give credit for the sheep
idea to either the two sons of King Krakus, or
a young cobbler named Skuba. In a gentler
version of the story, the dragon becomes a
fairytale character. Today, a dragon
monument stands just outside Wawel Castle.
PHOTOS of scientists courtesy of Poland.gov.pl; photo of Wawel Dragon by
Artico2
Thanks to Poland.gov.pl for this very interesting content!
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