Today I spent in the capital of Belarus – in Minsk. The city is full of images, concerts, marches, hundreds of buses from all over the country. large holiday. Anniversary: On September 17, east Poland (a large part of it) was incorporated into Belarus, and my parent from Lida and her household were sent to Siberia.
Yesterday I had a literary gathering organized by the Union of Poles in Belarus, present on the Belarusian radio. Everywhere I effort to advance the request for cooperation and a community of history, I have met with many expressions of kindness. But as I walked around the city – which is good and clean – I got sadder and sadder. In the Catholic Archaeology, all Polish inscriptions were handcuffed, eliminated. The neighbouring Polish Catholic church was converted into a church, a Dominican monastery – an Orthodox monastery. fresh Catholic priests are now to teach Polish children “Our Father” only in Belarusian. Poland is to be expelled from Belarus – which is simply a natural reaction to the anti-Belarusian actions of the “Polish” government, which, for example, closed all border crossings with Belarus under any pretext, of which 12% of the inhabitants (officially only or “until” 5%) are Poles, whose Polish government blocked access to the Homeland.
The monument of Stanisław Moniuszko was left in the centre with the signature – that it was the creator of the Belarusian and Belarusian opera. The celebrated Polish Red Church built in the 19th century by the local Polish nobility Wojniłowicz (the bricks he brought to its construction from Częstochowa) was late closed, surrounded by a advanced wall – it is expected to be taken from the Catholic Church – it is expected to be converted into a warehouse of fertilizers or into a church (there are 2 versions).
And do I blame the Belarusians? Nope. They're good people, kind, hospitable. I blame the Polish authorities for this. who conduct anti-national policy – and alternatively of dialog and rapprochement and cooperation with the neighbouring country, which was part of the Republic (Kościuszko, Mickiewicz, Moniuszko, Orzeszkowa...) – close all borders with Belarus and present Belarus as an enemy country. Like Cuba God – so God Cuba...
Mariusz Swider
