Exhibition dedicated to Polish marshal inaugurated in Moldovan capital

Chisinau, 7 November /MOLDPRES/ - An exhibition titled, Józef Piłsudski – Statesman of Poland and Europe, staged on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the regaining of Poland’s Independence, has been inaugurated at the National History Museum of Moldova.  

Contacted by MOLDPRES, the museum’s deputy director, Elena Postica, said that the exhibition comprised 16 panels with reproductions of documents, photos, plans of military operations and texts prepared by the Józef Piłsudski Museum from Sulejowec, Poland, and evokes the personality of Józef Piłsudski (1867-1935), a famous commander and statesman, without whom Poland would not have returned to the map of Europe.    

”Józef Piłsudski was the marshal who decisively contributed to the regaining of Poland’s Independence. The famous commander became the symbol of the regaining of Poland’s Independence in 1918, when after 123 years of annexations, divisions of Polish territories between Russia, Prussia and Austria, which seized them three times and attempted to deprive the Poles not only of their Motherland, but also of their language, traditions and culture, the country returned to the map of Europe. He saved Europe from Bolshevism and is considered the father of the modern Polish nation,” Elena Postica said.        

Attending the event, Ambassador of Poland to Moldova Bartlomiej Zdaniuk said that the contribution of Józef Piłsudski was the most important one in the state edification of Poland. “By his contribution, we managed to edify a viable state. We celebrate the Centenary of the regaining of Poland’s Independence with the wish to be a free and modern state,” Bartlomiej Zdaniuk noted.   

For her part, the director of the Bucharest-based Polish Institute, Agnieszka Skieterska, reiterated that Józef Piłsudski is a symbol of Poland’s freedom. She thanked the museum’s administration for the hosting of this exhibition before the National Day of Poland.  

The exhibition was organized by the Polish Institute from Bucharest, along with the Embassy of Poland in Moldova and the National History Museum of Moldova. The exhibition will be opened till 30 November.

(Reporter N. Roibu, editor A. Raileanu)