As the top of the Workplace for Veterans and Victims of Oppression, I decided that ought to have been produced from the very starting – to verify Danuta Wałęsa’s standing as a democratic opposition activist – stated the top of UdSKiOR, Lech Parell, on Friday.
He famous that “the choice ought to have been made 6 years in the past, nevertheless it didn’t occur – for political causes.” “At present, after two refusals to acknowledge the position of Mrs. Danuta Wałęsa, which occurred in 2018 and 2019, as the top of the Workplace for Veterans and Victims of Oppression (from February 2024), I’ve decided that ought to have been produced from the very starting: to verify Danuta Wałęsa standing of a democratic opposition activist,” Parell stated on social media.
He added that “anybody who has any doubts on this matter ought to learn the justification.”
He assured that “no political sympathies or antipathies will ever affect the selections made by the Workplace I head.” “The choice was made primarily based on Danuta Wałęsa’s repeated software,” he added.
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Within the justification revealed on Fb by Parella, it was written: “The proof collected within the case exhibits that Mrs. Danuta Wałęsa has been conducting opposition actions at the very least since 1978 throughout the that means of Article 2 of the Act on anti-communist opposition activists. Based on her personal assertion and that of witnesses, she obtained and supplied, amongst others, non-debit press (+Robotnik+, +Biuletyn Informacyjny+ and +Głos+), leaflets and books from the publishing home +Different+. She participated in patriotic occasions, rather than her husband detained by the police.
“For instance, on March 25, 1980, she took half within the funeral of Tadeusz Szczepański, who died in unexplained circumstances, the place she introduced and laid a funeral wreath. She knowledgeable in regards to the detention of her husband, Lech Wałęsa, and different activists,” he stated.
He added that “after the introduction of martial legislation and through the internment of Lech Wałęsa, she turned his spokesman.” “She appeared in public, maintained contacts, supplied data to Western journalists, presenting the place of the chairman of +Solidarity+” – recalled the top of UdSKiOR.
As he wrote, the above data is confirmed within the publications: “The Case of Eleven. Imprisonment of the leaders of NSZZ +Solidarity+ and KSS +KOR+ 1981-1984” Andrzej Friszke (Kraków 2017), “Martial Legislation in Poland 1981-1983”, collective work edited by Antoni Dudek (Warsaw 2003), “Underground Solidarity 1981-1989”, collective work edited by Andrzej Friszke (Warsaw 2006), “We” by Teresa Torańska (Warsaw 2012).
It was recalled that Wałęsa additionally appeared in public throughout unlawful patriotic demonstrations.
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“Iconographic supplies can be found within the public area confirming at the very least a few of these speeches. This was the case, amongst others: on Might 1, 1982 (Iconography: photographic collections of the European Solidarity Heart and collections: kfp.pl), throughout which an indication in within the window of an condo in Zaspa, with the assistance of priest Henryk Jankowski, the applicant unfurled a banner of the “Solidarity” motion banned by the authorities on November 14, 1982, and co-organized the occasions with Lech Wałęsa after his launch from internment (Iconography: photographic collections of the Karta Heart, photographic collections of the Institute of Nationwide Remembrance); a few assertion aimed on the communist authorities, such because the demonstrative naming of his daughter Wiktoria throughout her baptism by the chaplain of Solidarity, Father Henryk Jankowski. This act turned a possibility for an anti-communist demonstration, was publicized by the underground media and overseas broadcasters and obtained large protection (Iconography: photographic collections of the Karta Heart),” wrote Parell.
He identified that “Danuta Wałęsa represented the Polish anti-communist opposition by receiving the Nobel Prize on behalf of Lech Wałęsa on December 10, 1983.” “It was an occasion through which numerous anti-communist underground activists in Poland and overseas have been concerned,” he emphasised.
He assessed that “the above checklist doesn’t need to exhaust the applicant’s achievements, however it’s enough to verify the Standing of an Anti-Communist Opposition Activist.” (PAP)
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