| The triumph of the Solidarity movement and the fall of the Soviet empire would have probably occurred much later had it not been for the help of many people of good will from all around the world. Those people, in the 1980s, devoted themselves to organising support committees for the Solidarity movement and Polish democratic opposition at large. In those difficult times, we received charitable aid, money, medical, polygraph and radio equipment from abroad.
The European Solidarity Centre, on the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the great social movement, would like to thank all foreigners who supported Poland in its difficult struggle for freedom and democracy, decided to award special Medals of Gratefulness.
The award committee of the award:
Lech Wałęsa – chairman
Bogdan Borusewicz (The Speaker of Senate)
Jerzy Borowczak (from the European Solidarity Centre)
Zbigniew Bujak (Mazovia)
Mirosław Chojecki (coordinator in charge of foreign technical support)
Władysław Frasyniuk (Lower Silesia)
Tadeusz Jedynak (Upper Silesia)
Stefan Jurczak (Lesser Poland)
Bogdan Lis (Gdańsk)
Andrzej Milczanowski (West Pomerania)
Janusz Pałubicki (Greater Poland)
Jan Rulewski (Bydgoszcz)
Grażyna Staniszewska (the Beskids region)
Danuta Winiarska-Kuroń (East-Central Poland)
Please submit your proposals for the award, together with a justification of the particular choice of a candidate, to the following e-mail address of the European Solidarity Centre: medal@ecs.gda.pl. Please submit all proposals by 31st March 2010 – this will allow us to award the Medal of Gratefulness in August, 30 years after the movement which brought Poland its freedom was created.
Director of the European Solidarity Centre
Father Maciej Zięba
FORM
Data of person making claim:
First and last name:[] ................................................
Postal address[] ..................................................
E-mail address: .......................................
Telephone No. (mobile, landline)[] ................................
Date and place of birth:[] ......................................
Information concerning the person making the claim, especially his/her activity (if any) in the structures of Solidarity and/or opposition in the years 1976-1989
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Data of the person to be distinguished:
First and last name:
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City and country of residence:[] .....................................
Address[] ................................
E-mail address ........................................
Telephone number, fax number[] .............................................
Age (or date of birth): ..............................
First and last name of family:[] ........................................
(Unfortunately, since 30 years have passed, the medal may be awarded after the person’s demise. In that case, the following data will regard the family of the distinguished person.)
City and country of residence:[] .....................................
Address
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E-mail address .........................................
Telephone number, fax number[] .............................................
Information concerning activities of the distinguished person
The person organized support for Solidarity and the Polish underground in the form of:
- help with equipment for the underground
- political support
- charity
- assistance by way of organizing support for local communities (i.e. press releases)
- other (describe)
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(please select)
Please justify why the Medal of Gratitude should be awarded
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(Note: The description of the activity of the person in question has no limits as far as volume is concerned. However, it should contain as much specific data, names and descriptions of situations as possible).
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