{"id":16156,"date":"2022-06-15T15:47:17","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T13:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/muzeumtreblinka.eu\/2022\/06\/15\/june-14-2022-celebration-of-the-national-remembrance-day-for-the-victims-of-the-german-nazi-concentration-camps-and-death-camps\/"},"modified":"2022-06-15T15:47:17","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T13:47:17","slug":"june-14-2022-celebration-of-the-national-remembrance-day-for-the-victims-of-the-german-nazi-concentration-camps-and-death-camps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/muzeumtreblinka.eu\/en\/2022\/06\/15\/june-14-2022-celebration-of-the-national-remembrance-day-for-the-victims-of-the-german-nazi-concentration-camps-and-death-camps\/","title":{"rendered":"June 14, 2022, celebration of the National Remembrance Day for the Victims of the German Nazi Concentration Camps and Death Camps"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On June 14, 2022, at the Treblinka Museum, the <\/strong>commemorative<\/strong> celebration of the National Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camps took place.<\/strong><\/p>\n

June 14, 1940 is the date when KL Auschwitz began to operate. On that day, the first transport of Polish political prisoners arrived at the camp. Among the 728 people transported from Tarn\u00f3w were soldiers of the Polish Army, members of independence organizations, scouts, students and a small group of Polish Jews. The National Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the German Concentration Camps and Death Camps was established by a resolution of the Polish Parliament of June 8, 2006.<\/p>\n

The celebrations began at 9.00 am with a musical performance by Witold Radomski and Arkadiusz Rogal’s band “Po – S\u0142owie”. They performed their own musical compositions: “Jask\u00f3\u0142ka” (Swallow), to which the words were written by Bo\u017cena W\u0119grzynek, and “Ma\u0142a Stacja Treblinki” (Small Treblinka Station) by W\u0142adys\u0142aw Szlengel.<\/p>\n

Then, Edward Kop\u00f3wka, the director of the Treblinka Museum, officially opened and welcomed the gathered guests. In his speech, he recalled:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year the 80th anniversary of the so-called “Operation Reinhard” takes place, which was aimed at the physical liquidation of Jews, Roma and Sinti by the German Nazis. For this purpose, the Extermination Camp in Treblinka was established, where 800,000-900,000 Jews and 2,000-4,000 Roma were \u201cindustrially\u201d murdered. The German occupiers also established the Penal Labour Camp in Treblinka, where Poles, Jews and Roma were detained. Through slave labour in the gravel pit, the German occupiers wanted to raise “obedient” people.\u201d<\/p>\n

The gathered guests also spoke:<\/p>\n

MP Anna Maria Siarkowska brought the memory of the terror of World War II by telling personal history of her family. Among other things, she said: “People of various nationalities and religions were killed in the German camps. In the difficult period of World War II all these people were denied humanity. They were treated like subhumans. [\u2026] It is not enough to say “Never again!”. We must uphold human dignity and react every time a social group is dehumanized. The answer must be love and respect for all people”.<\/p>\n

Next speeches were delivered by: Maik Reichel, Director of the State Agency for Civic Education Saxony-Anhalt; Sara Michalska \u2013 Deputy Director of the Organization Department for Organizational Affairs at the Marshal’s Office of the Mazowieckie Voivodeship in Warsaw; El\u017cbieta Sadowska, Soko\u0142\u00f3w Podlaski Poviat Staroste; Urszula Krzymowska \u2013 Soko\u0142\u00f3w Podlaski Poviat Councilor, who spoke on behalf of Senator Waldemar Kraska; Barbara Janina Sochal \u2013 President of the Polish Janusz Korczak Association.<\/p>\n

Ilona Fla\u017cy\u0144ska, an employee of the Treblinka Museum, briefly presented the history of both German camps: the Treblinka II Extermination Camp and the Treblinka I Penal Labour Camp. Students of the Stefan Kardyna\u0142 Wyszy\u0144ski Primary School in Kos\u00f3w Lacki took part in the celebrations: Aleksander Olszewski read a poem written in the Warsaw ghetto in 1942, entitled “Song of Treblinka”, Patrycja Grzyma\u0142a quoted the words of Treblinka “Camp Song”. The employees of the Treblinka Museum recalled fragments of an account by Richard Glazar \u2013 an escapee from the Treblinka II Extermination Camp and former prisoners of the Treblinka I Penal Labour Camp: Zygmunt Ch\u0142opek and Mieczys\u0142aw Chod\u017ako.<\/p>\n

At the end of this part of the celebration, the band “Po \u2013 S\u0142owie” performed the song “Baggage”, the words of which were written by Bo\u017cena W\u0119grzynek. Then they also performed their own music composition of the poem “Treblinka” by Felicja Raszkin-Nowak.<\/p>\n

This year’s celebrations took place in the shadow of the war taking place in Ukraine. The guests also referred to the war in their speeches.<\/p>\n

The ceremony was also attended by:<\/p>\n

– J\u00f3zef Mali\u0144ski, President of the Commune Circle of Combatants of the Republic of Poland in Stoczek W\u0119growski;<\/p>\n

– Jan Witkowski and El\u017cbieta Sadzy\u0144ska from the Main Board of the Union of Veterans of the Republic of Poland and Former Political Prisoners;<\/p>\n

– Hanna Przesmycka, Director of the School Complex in Kos\u00f3w Lacki;<\/p>\n

– Agnieszka Ga\u015b, Director of the Stanis\u0142aw Staszic School in Ma\u0142kinia G\u00f3rna;<\/p>\n

– Anna Maliszewska, Deputy Director of the Stefan Kardyna\u0142 Wyszy\u0144ski Primary School in Kos\u00f3w Lacki, together with the tutor of the students \u2013\u00a0 Ma\u0142gorzata \u0141ach,<\/p>\n

– Dorota Ambroziak, Director of the Department of Education, Culture and Social Integration of Ostr\u00f3w Mazowiecka and Wioletta Ogonowska, Director of the Budget Implementation Department of the Municipal Office of Ostr\u00f3w Mazowiecka;<\/p>\n

– Rafa\u0142 P\u0119ka\u0142a, Deputy Director of the Pilecki Family House Museum in Ostr\u00f3w Mazowiecka, together with Karolina Kolbuszewska, Head of the Historical and Educational Department;<\/p>\n

– youth and teachers from a study group from Saxony-Anhalt;<\/p>\n

The ceremony ended with the laying of wreaths at the Monument of the Victims of the Death Camp, the monument of the victims of the Penal Labour Camp, the monument commemorating the Roma, at the Gravel Pit and the former Treblinka Train Station.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_media_grid element_width=”3″ grid_id=”vc_gid:1655215285093-23c89143-be72-9″ include=”16097,16105,16153,16109,16111,16107,16113,16115,16117,16119,16121,16123,16133,16131,16135,16129,16127,16125,16139,16151,16149,16147,16145,16143,16141,16137,16099,16101,16103″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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