2 November 1938, Cieszyn, Zaolzie.
Crossing of the frontier bridge near Cieszyn castle.
A postcard issued in November 1938.
Photo: courtesy of Władysław Owczarzy, KARTA Centre collection
The 14th competition: Stigma of World War II - fates and memory
On the 31th of Mai 2010 the award ceremony of the 14th edition of “History at Hand” competition took place in the Royal Castle in Warsaw. The schoolchidren and high school pupils worked in the Academic Year 2009/2010 on the following topic: Stigma of World War II - fates and memory.
World War II, the most important historical experience of Poland in the XX century, is not just a chapter in history manuals. Its marks are still present in nearly every Polish family. It is present in people’s biographies, also of those who still live next to us, in space of our villages and towns, in our own lives although we are not always aware how strongly those distant events shape our today’s life.
It is therefore our task and obligation to reconstruct and record those events as well as to confront their pictures existing in our memory.
The past still fires people’s emotions. A dispute on history becomes a dispute on national identity, country’s role and position or in contrary - a dispute on country’s misdeed against culture and humanity.
What stigma World War II made on your closest circle: your family, friends, relatives, neighbors, your town or village. What were their fates and what memory on those events they posses. And what important has been left of those past events for future generations.
The results of the competition ones can see here [in Polish].
All of the contest submission one can see in the archive of the KARTA Centre. Some of the contest submission one can download soon here. The publishing houses can publish parts of contest submissions.
Contact: Ośrodek KARTA, 02-536 Warszawa, ul. Narbutta 29, tel.
(0-22) 848-07-12; faks 646-65-11; e-mail: historia.bliska@karta.org.pl,
www.karta.org.pl.
Project is funded by:
Fundacja Wspomagania Wsi / Rural Development Foundation
Polsko-Amerykańska Fundacja Wolności / Polish-American Freedom Foundation
Urząd ds. Kombatantów i Osób Represjonowanych / Office for Military Veterans and Victims of Repression
and:
Mennica Polska / Polish Mint
Dom Spotkań z Historią w Warszawie / History Meeting House
EUSTORY – Sieć Historyczna Młodych Europejczyków / History Network for Young Europeans
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