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Polish President Andrzej Duda, on the left, and Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of the ruling party in Poland, Law and Justice and Lech Kaczynski's twin brother, in front of the memorial of the late Polish President Lech Kaczynski, who died in a police accident. plane in 2010, in Warsaw. , Poland, Saturday, November 10, 2018. The official unveiling ceremony will take place on the eve of the centennial celebrations of the centenary of Poland's independence. (AP Photo / Alik Keplicz)
Warsaw, Poland – Poland is celebrating Sunday the 100th anniversary of its rebirth as an independent state with a multitude of events across the country, including marches, Masses and the national anthem sung in more than 600 locations public.
The white and red national flag fluttering in buildings and buses, dignitaries and ordinary citizens have laid flowers and wreaths on the memorials of the Polish Independence Father, Marshal Jozef Pilsudski, and the famous Sigismund bell , reserved for the most important national events. rang on Krakow.
Poland regained its independence at the end of the First World War in 1918, reborn from the ashes of three defeated powers that had separated and ruled the nation of Central Europe for more than a century.
The ceremonies in Poland coincide with the meeting of world leaders in Paris on Sunday to mark the armistice of what was then called the Great War.
On this occasion, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Warsaw broadcast a video presenting citizens of the United States, from Germany to Japan, reading the diplomatic cable of November 16, 1918 informing the world of the establishment of the Republic of Poland.
Signed by Pilsudski, commander-in-chief of the armed forces, he said that Poland "wishes to inform governments and nations of the existence of an independent Polish state, encompassing all the territories of a Poland reunited. "
President Andrzej Duda attended a mass early Sunday and laid wreaths in honor of Pilsudski and other fathers of Poland's independence.
Meanwhile, Donald Tusk, former Polish prime minister and top leader of the European Union, took part in a moving ceremony in front of the statue of Pilsudski, singing the anthem with the party leaders of the party. Polish opposition, Civic Platform, and a crowd reunited with them.
The newfound independence of Poland fulfilled the dreams of generations of patriots who had kept the language and culture alive despite foreign domination and repression. Although Russia, Germany, and Austria ruled Poland and had been "wiped off the map" as a state, it was nevertheless a great age for Polish culture, producing Frédéric Chopin and the works of the great poet of the Romantic era. Adam Mickiewicz, who has largely revolved around the burning desire for the revival of Poland.
All the while, the Roman Catholic Church played a key role in preserving language and identity.
The contemplation of Poland's historic success in 1918 is inevitably shaped by the knowledge of what happened later, Poland being invaded and occupied again in the 20th century by the Germans and the Soviets, then under the influence of the Soviet Union. influence of Moscow during the cold war.
