Page 16 News of Polonia Pasadena, California November 2007

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Krzesimir Dębski Anna Jurksztowicz Marek Żebrowski

program, and each piece presented the audience with a lively collaboration from the exceptional musicians. Krzysztof Komeda’s Lullaby from

Rosemary’s Baby was given a beautifully lyrical reading by the ensemble after a virtuoso double bass introduction by Darek Oleszkiewicz. The

delicate and haunting melody deftly rendered by percussionist Daniel Kamiński on a glockenspiel was artfully ornamented by Dębski’s violin

solo improvisations. One of Henry Vars’ great 1930s hit songs, Na pierwszy znak, was stylishly delivered by the entire ensemble. Members of

the Vars family - his son Robert, daughter Danuta and grandson Dennis - were present at the Independence Day concert. Two short piano

compositions from film scores by Marek Żebrowski further added to a highly entertaining musical fare. The evening was capped by an

appropriately-titled encore, Good Night, touchingly delivered by Anna Jurksztowicz with her husband, Krzesimir Dębski, accompanying her on

the piano. A long and hearty applause followed the performers all the way to the post-concert reception, hosted by the Consulate and POLAM

Federal Credit Union. All in all, it was a fitting tribute to Poland’s national holiday, and a night to remember for a long time to come. ❒ All photos…Jacek Nowaczyński

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Independence Day Gala from 1

Dzień Niepodlegości from 1

I respect the wonderful dedication of the

teachers in our Polonia who teach our

children about the history of Poland. I

respect the wonderful dedication of our

Polish Scout Leaders for your efforts in

teaching our children Polish Pride.

The veterans, the students, the scouts, and

those of you who were educated in Poland

know the history of what happened in

Poland throughout history.

You know, and many Poles who were

born in America read and understand Polish

history also… but that isn’t enough !!!

As President of our local Polish American

Congress Division I dedicate myself to

having our Division to be heavily involved

in the education of Poland’s history.

I have assigned one of our members to be

our Education Chairman.

Our Education Chairman will establish a

curriculum whereas we will have discussion

groups among ourselves in Polonia

regarding Polish history starting with the

“Bolshevik Revolution to the present.” From

these Discussion group meetings I am

certain we will cultivate teachers who can

be leaders within the discussion group and

eventually they will conduct Seminars and

discussion groups for teachers in the

mainstream private and public schools, I

especially would like to focus on teachers

who are involved in the State of California

sponsored Holocaust and Genocide Studies.

This is a big undertaking… I invite all of

you who are interested in making a

difference to help. Volunteers are needed…

Volunteers who want to help Polonia!

Volunteers who don’t like to listen to

information about Poles and Poland that

isn’t true. Information by people who are

revising Polish history and broadcast to the

general public on the radio, TV, or in the

newspapers, magazines and the internet.

Volunteers who want to get involved in this

project in memory of a loved one who

suffered and is no longer with us.

You don’t have to be a teacher to get

involved in this project…

You just have to have a desire to

work for Polonia!!!

A desire to be able to tell

these ladies and gentlemen…

I AM REPAYING YOU FOR

YOUR HEROISM AND

SEVICE TO POLAND !!!

WSJ Jankowicz letter from 1

factor in getting a letter published by a

major newspaper. Speed, and brevity.

If it were up to me, perhaps I would have

chosen the word “unknown” to describe this

Polish holocaust rather than “forgotten.”

How could it be forgotten when most people

throughout the world still know anything

about it?

My father spent two of his formative years

incarcerated in Siberia and the rest of his

childhood in the Middle East, living in Iran,

known as Persia throughout the war years,

Egypt, Palestine, as it was known then,

Lebanon, and Syria. When my father, his

parents, and two of his five sisters stepped

off the barely floating rattletrap boat in

Pahlavi, Iran as free but stateless people, he

was only 11 years old.

After Pahlavi, the Poles next stop was

Tehran which dazzled the eye and impressed

them all. My father once told me that

Tehran is the most beautiful city in the

world, with its hills and beautiful gardens

full of flowers. My father loved the Middle

East. He soaked up as much of the local

culture as he could and even learned some

Arabic. He was an inquisitive observer who

mixed with the local people as much as

possible. He loved history, especially

ancient history. It probably didn’t matter to

him at the time that for most of the next 10

years he and his family would live primarily

in refugee camps in various countries in

Quonset huts, because in the Middle East,

my father lived and breathed ancient history.

The Arab people have always had long

memories that reach way back in time

through many, many hundreds of centuries.

My father told me of Roman atrocities

committed in ancient times by its soldiers

which had been recounted to him as a boy

by one of the local Middle Eastern people.

In 1942 I wonder if my father realized that

he was an actual participant in history. Later

in time the Polish World War II history he

experienced firsthand would be hushed up

by the few who knew it occurred, omitted,

lied about, covered up, entirely

misrepresented, and absconded and claimed

by other ethnic groups as their own, as was

done in the opinion piece I responded to in

the Wall Street Journal.

My father, Adam Jesionka, died in 2000. I

often wonder what he would think of current

world and Middle Eastern history which

took place after his death. Would he have

fallen for government and media

Polish Profiles from 2

Sixty-three days, and the fighting was

over. Sixty-three years ago, it was autumn,

October 4, when the survivors of the

Uprising were marched out by the Germans

into prison camps. Behind them was an

empty and smoldering city, before them an

unknown fate. That simple autumn song

accompanied them often…

Idziesz sobie żołnierzyku

Gdzieś w nieznaną dal.

(You keep marching, little

soldier, into an unknown fate)

Warsaw was rebuilt. Those 63 days have

been written up not only in history books,

but much deeper - in our hearts. They will

live in us through literature, poetry and

song. Sometimes a sharp little pain will

pierce through us as we think of those

glorious yet so tragic days. Sometimes an

unanswered question will fleetingly pass

through our mind…

“Where have all the young men

gone…?” ❒

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misinformation and propaganda as so many

have since 2001? I highly doubt it.

Currently the world worries that another

unnecessary war may be started, this time

with Iran. The Iraq war, as we all now

know, was based on lies. Hopefully we will

not attack Iran based in large part on a

mistranslation of the infamous Ahmadinejad

quote. ❒

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