As every year, relatives and friends of Sybiraks who have left us gathered to reminisce at the Sybir Memorial Museum. The representatives of the Association of Sybiraks arrived, with the President of the Bia\u0142ystok Branch, Jolanta Hryniewicka in the lead, as well as the representation of the Community of the Grandchildren of the Sybiraks, with its founder, Janina Rutkowska.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
We had the opportunity to listen to the warm and gratitude testimonies that the children and grandchildren of the passed Sybiraks shared from the stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
‘I feel that my grandmother is still with me, that’s why I’m not saying goodbye to her’ \u2014 said Adrianna Bu\u0142kowska, Czes\u0142awa Bu\u0142kowska’s granddaughter, with emotion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The atmospheric musical setting was provided by the members of the Etnosomnia quartet and baritone Maciej Nerkowski.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ceremony was honored by handing the commemorative coins donated by the National Bank of Poland to the Association of Siberian Deportees and the Sybir Memorial Museum. Piotr Draus, Director of the Bia\u0142ystok branch of the National Bank of Poland handed the coins “Soviet aggression against Poland \u2014 September 17, 1939” and \u201cthe 30th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from the territory of Poland September 17, 1993\u201dto the President of the Association of Siberian Deportees Jolanta Hryniewicka and \u2014 on behalf of the Director of the Museum \u2014 to Katarzyna \u015aliwowska, Head of the Collection Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We also remember the Sybiraks who passed away in 2023 and whose stories remain insufficiently discovered. But let us honor their memory: Ireneusz Koprowski, Lidia Krawczuk, Boles\u0142awa Mazurek, Czes\u0142awa Puchalska, W\u0142odzimierz Rodziewicz, Alojzy Roszkowski, Leokadia Rymar, Witold Leon S\u0142owikowski and all those who passed away in silence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The November meeting, during which we remember those who have passed away over the last twelve months, is an important tradition both for the Sybir Memorial Museum and for the Bia\u0142ystok Siberian community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":22525,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n