The Sybir Memorial Museum has acquired more valuable objects: two banners belonging to the branches of the Association of Siberian Deportees: Gdańsk-Wrzeszcz and Gdańsk-Przymorze. They have been donated by the Gdańsk Branch of the Association of Siberian Deportees.

The official donation was attended by the guests from Gdańsk, including Irena Witort – Secretary of the Gdańsk Branch of the Association of Siberian Deportees, Elżbieta Duklant – Treasurer of the Gdańsk Branch of the Association of Siberian Deportees, Jan Okulicz – Vice President of the Gdańsk Branch of the Association of Siberian Deportees, Janina Jurzynek – President of the Gdańsk Midtown Branch, Kordian Borejko – President of the Main Board of the Association of Siberian Deportees, and Jolanta Hryniewicka – President of the Białystok Branch of the Association of Siberian Deportees.

“On behalf of the Main Board of the Association of Siberian Deportees, I would like to thank that the museum management approved our request and accepted these very valuable banners that, have served us for many years into their collection. I hope that this memento from Gdańsk will serve the youngest generation and remind them of the fate of our compatriots over the centuries. I would also like to congratulate the Museum on receiving the 2024 Council of Europe Museum Prize. The Sybir Memorial Museum is unique not only in Europe but perhaps in the world. I wish it would serve future generations. We, Sybiraks, are passing away, but such a beautiful initiative as the Museum will remain,” said Kordian Borejko during the handover.

Anna Bielawska-Puchalska from the Collection Department of the Sybir Memorial Museum also spoke at the event:

“We are very grateful for this gift and pleased that more objects have been added to our collection. We hope this is a good prognosis for future  that will strengthen the cooperation between the museum and the branches of the Association of Siberian Deportees,” she said.

Collecting, developing, and sharing our collections are very important aspects of the Sybir Memorial Museum’s activities. Currently, the museum’s collection consists of 10,000 objects. Every memorabilia is extremely valuable to us and carries a story that we want to pass on to future generations.

Once again, thank you for all the donated objects.