© Wyzwoleńczy Szlak 1. Dywizji Pancernej Generała Maczka

Scots will honor general Maczek. They will erect a monument to him in the heart of Edinburgh.

The Edinburgh authorities want the soldiers of Maczek to take part in the unveiling of the monument. Monument will stand on the courtyard of the City Council on the famous Royal Mile. Designed by a Polish artist Bronisław Krzysztof, a bronze sculpture – presenting Maczek sitting on a bench – will be financed from a public collection, which can be supported e.g. through a website www.paypal.me/generalmaczek. Until now, more than half of the required sum has been collected – about 50 thousand out of 85 thousand pounds.  Continue reading “Monument of general Maczek in Edinburgh!”

On the 17-19th January 2018 in Warsaw, visited a delegation of an association Heart of Poland, from the Netherlands, led by its president, Bożena Rijnbout-Sawicka, who also represented Maczek Museum in Breda.

Among many meetings, which the delegation held during their stay in Warsaw, some time was found also for talks with the Management of the Memorial Foundation for Support of Culture and Art of President Ryszard Kaczorowski. The aim of the meeting was to present the mission and activity of both organizations, mainly in relation to the program „Liberation Route of the 1^st Armoured Division of general Maczek”; it was established that there is a great potential to undertake bilaterally successful cooperation.

Let’s continue the act started by grateful French, Belgians and Dutchmen – let’s build a great international legend of General Maczek

In this special, dangerous moment in which the world, Europe and Poland have found themselves and for balancing the martyrological position of a victim, in which – with short intervals – we remain from 1939, we today need a thrilling legend of a wonderful hero, leader, in which he – as once Jan III Sobieski – leading mighty, armoured troups crumbling enemy armies, defended our freedom and the one of allied countries. Continue reading “Chief Commander of the Armoured Division of the II Republic of Poland”