PAST EVENTS 2024
PAST EVENTS and REVIEWS
Saturday 25 May 2024 at 15:00 UK time - online talk
Join us on this unique and timely webinar to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the Battle for Monte Cassino.
Jerry Kubica discusses his travels on Monte Cassino
In 1940, 1 year old Jerry Kubica with his mother and two sisters was deported by the Soviets to Kazakhstan; his father was sent to GULAG camps near Murmansk. After the "Amnesty" Jerry was evacuated to Africa. His father fought at Monte Cassino.
Jerry has followed the trail of General Anders by bicycle and on foot in Poland, Russia and Italy and has written several books describing his travels and thoughts. He will describe his many visits to Monte Cassino and share his reflections and photos in this emotional webinar.
You can watch this webinar on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBm5kYG2KZ4
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On Saturday 10 February 2024
Kresy Family Polish WWII History Group and the former Ognisko Rodzin Osadników Kresowych commemorated the 84th anniversary of the deportations to Siberia and the USSR which began on 10 February 1940
at Łowiczanka Restaurant, POSK (Polish Cultural and Social Club) London, UK.
Guest Speaker was Professor Antonia Bifulco, joint author of “Identity Awoken in Second-Generation British Poles in the UK” - Bifulco, A., & Smojkis, M. (2023). Professor Bifulco gave a talk that covered emerging themes on second generation Poles born in the UK. They grew up in communities exposed to the Polish language and culture and as a community held a low profile and received little recognition. And yet it is a unique and fascinating group which has retained its identity despite integration and has forged its own resilience.
Antonia Bifulco is second generation with a Polish father and English mother. She has explored and published her family history in line with her academic interests as a Professor of psychology and an expert on trauma and resilience. She has become increasingly aware of how her own generation are of interest in the study of ethnic groups in the UK.
Guest Performers were 'Fiołki', Mazury Dance Company's choir established in 2020 as a small group of singers by Jadwiga Słomka, Musical Director, during the Covid pandemic. The choir boasts a varied repertoire that includes: patriotic, folk and scout songs as well as popular 20th century and classical pieces.
Mazury, led by Zosia Lesiecka and her husband Lucjan Santos Witkowski, is part of the Polish YMCA in London, which was founded in 1949. Today, Mazury's membership includes 120 dancers, singers and musicians, spanning 3 groups and starting from the age of 7. Mazury's dance repertoire is made up of both regional and national Polish dances.
You can watch this webinar on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obA-4sB-WqE
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