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7 wrzesnia 2009
Kresy-Siberia Virtual Museum
September 17th in the Polish Consulate

The Kresy-Siberia Foundation with the assistance of the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland invites you to the official launch of the Kresy-Siberia Virtual Museum of Second World War Polish Heroes in Exile.

September 17, 2009
7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Polish Consulate, 10 Trelawney Street, Woollahra, Sydney.

Honoring the forgotten
Polish Heroes in Exile of World War II

Telling the story of our forgotten World War II heroes, fighting in exile for the Western democratic Allied cause, and “for your freedom and ours” against German Nazi and Soviet Communist totalitarian repression.

Attendance is free of charge.Donations to the Kresy-Siberia Foundation for the development of the Virtual Museum will be greatly appreciated.

* Welcome and Introduction
* Prayers for the survivors as well as those who did not survive
* Keynote speakers
* Survivor testimonies: Short film “The Forgotten Odyssey”
* Poetry and concert (15 min.)
* Live log-in to the Kresy Siberia Virtual Museum web site
* Guard of honour by the Polish scouts & girl guides to salute our heroes.

Yes they are dying now the children
Who were deported from Eastern Poland to Siberia
And beyond
Their time has come
Who cheated death more than sixty years ago
But they do not really die
For in our love and memory
They remain

Their footprints etched in the soil
Of Poland, Russia, Kazakhstan, Persia and other
Foreign lands
Are etched too in our consciousness
And we are ready to pass them on in turn
When it comes our time to die
So though they die
And we mourn their loss
They stay with us
In our every breath

Martin Stepek
Hamilton, Scotland
Kresy-Siberia Group member