{"id":36657,"date":"2018-05-22T18:37:09","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T16:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=36657"},"modified":"2018-05-22T23:04:54","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T21:04:54","slug":"valdemoro-spain-pays-tribute-to-the-polish-patriots-who-fell-in-the-fight-for-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2018\/05\/22\/valdemoro-spain-pays-tribute-to-the-polish-patriots-who-fell-in-the-fight-for-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Valdemoro (Spain) Pays Tribute to the Polish Patriots Who Fell in the Fight for Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This year Poland celebrates the centenary of the recovery of its independence in 1918.<\/strong> Last weekend, Poles and Spaniards celebrated it in Valdemoro (Madrid, Spain).<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"http:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2017\/11\/12\/poland-awards-members-of-the-spanish-reenactment-group-poland-first-to-fight\/\">Poland awards members of the Spanish reenactment group 'Poland First to Fight'<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"http:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2017\/05\/11\/apel-pamieci-the-ceremony-of-the-polish-army-to-honor-its-fallen-for-the-homeland\/\">Apel Pami\u0119ci: the ceremony of the Polish Army to honor its fallen for the Homeland<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p><strong>The event was organized by the City Council of Valdemoro, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.polandfirsttofight.com\">Historical-Cultural Association Poland First to Fight<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmbarPL\/\">Polish Association \u00c1mbar<\/a> of Valdemoro and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KRAKUS.Mostoles\/\">Hispanic-Polish Cultural Association Krakus<\/a> of M\u00f3stoles<\/strong>, in collaboration with the Embassy of Poland in Spain, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.culturapolaca.es\">Polish Institute of Culture of Madrid<\/a>, and the website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.polonia.es\">Polonia.es<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The event was attended by Marzenna Adamczyk, Ambassador of the Republic of Poland in Spain, Serafin Faraldos, mayor of Valdemoro<\/strong>, and several members of the municipal corporation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/974\/27410582817_9b4b8d297b_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The program included <strong>two lectures, entitled \"The Polish Woman in the Struggle for Freedom\" and \"Poland, or the dignity in the face of the holocaust\"<\/strong>, given by the Historical-Cultural Association Poland First to Fight.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/947\/41559940034_ec2636bf2b_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In addition, there was <strong>a concert of Polish folk and patriotic songs<\/strong> by the choir of the Hispanic-Polish Cultural Association Krakus.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/963\/27410583267_56e8e027ac_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the afternoon, the reenactors of Poland First to Fight carried out an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2017\/05\/11\/apel-pamieci-the-ceremony-of-the-polish-army-to-honor-its-fallen-for-the-homeland\/\">Apel Pami\u0119ci, the ceremony with which the Poles remember those fallen by the Fatherland<\/a>, which included the corresponding \"Salwy Honorowe\" (Honor Salvos).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/977\/41559939764_bc0f374604_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At the events, <strong>Poland First to Fight reenactors held the oath ceremony of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2017\/02\/14\/armia-krajowa-75-years-ago-was-founded-the-largest-resistance-movement-of-the-ww2\/\">Armia Krajowa<\/a><\/strong> (AK, Home Army), created in 1942 in Poland and which was the largest resistance organization of the Second World War.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/886\/28408129798_a67462e4da_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Next, members of Poland First to Fight, the Norland Association and the Alfonso X El Sabio Historical Recreation Association<strong> recreated the<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2017\/08\/01\/warsaw-1944-the-day-that-polish-catholics-began-the-biggest-uprising-against-the-nazis\/\">Warsaw Uprising of 1944, which was the biggest uprising against the Germans of a resistance group of the World War II.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/979\/27410582927_f43bb14762_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From here I join this tribute to the Polish patriots who <strong>fought and gave their lives always bearing in mind a centennial motto in Poland: \"Za nasz\u0105 i wasz\u0105 wolno\u015b\u0107\" (For your freedom and ours).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><big>Cze\u015b\u0107 i chwa\u0142a bohaterom!<\/big><br \/>\n<small>Honor and glory to the heroes!<\/small><\/p>\n<p>---<\/p>\n<p><small>(Photos: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=1249832118481207&id=215088251955604\">Facebook de Poland First to Fight<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year Poland celebrates the centenary of the recovery of its independence in 1918. 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