Polish Waves - Looking Back Moving Forward

Te reo ere rangi o te mānea. This episode was produced in Otatahi by Planes Media with support from New Zealand On Air. Between the Waters, Polish Legacy and New Zealand Charitable Trust presents you with the radio broadcast Polish Waves. Dzień dobry from Poland. This is Polish Waves broadcasting on Plains Media 96.9 FM.

You can look us up on Facebook, Polish Legacy in New Zealand. We are also available as a podcast on planes.org.nz. Welcome to our September program. Today in the studio we have Jan. Maria and Sylwia. I'm gonna start with introducing the very important days in Poland in September and I'm gonna start with the first September because first September is quite a significant day and it's the day that the Second World War started. So every year on that day President of Poland is commemorating this event, this anniversary actually.

And this year, President Karol Nawrocki, the new appointed president not long time ago, joined other top Polish officials, including Prime Minister, Minister Donald. Tusk at the commemoration ceremony on the Westerplatte Peninsula in the early hours of Monday morning September the 1st. So, the Germany invasion of Poland, which led to the deadly global conflict, began with an attack on a Polish military facility, actually at Westerplatte, so it was north of Poland, a strip of land in Gdańsk Chaba, and it happened at 4.45 a.m. on September.

It became the primary site of the Holocaust, with many concentration camps around Poland, with the vast majority of its approximately 3 million Jewish citizens murdered by Nazis. Okupacja Polski zakończyła się formalnie z zakończeniem Niemiec przez władze sojuszne w maju 1945 roku. Oczywiście to zostało zapamiętane i nowe generacje muszą o tym nauczyć się. I pierwszy dzień sierpnia jest ogromnie znany. The other thing that is happening on the same day, a little bit later, not at 4.45 am, but probably at 8 am, there is school, school opening, so the new school year.

Starts on the first September as well. After two months of holidays, kids will have to go back to school and there's a big day for kids, for parents and for teachers because they have to go back to work. Now I invite you to listen to the song Gawenda o Miłości Ziemi Ojczystej, which translates to A Discourse on Love for the Motherland with the words from Wisława Szymborska. Enjoy. Bez tej miłości można żyć, mieć serce suche jak orzesze.

So this year the new appointed president, as I mentioned, Karol Nawrocki, together with his wife Marta Nawrocka, invited all people Poetry Jan Kochanowski. The poetry of Jan Kochanowski has accompanied us for generations. Deep, written in magnificent Polish, it speaks of times long past. Yet we can easily find ourselves, contemporary Poles, within it.

Czytania z tego roku wyświetlały mu piosenki, Epigrams, translated into Polish, fraszki, which are the short, witty poems characterized by irony and keen observation of daily life. His fraszki are short, witty and often ironic poems that reflect And there are lemons.

...which are the cycle of 90 poems expressing his personal mourning. As we've heard before, he lost his daughter, Urszulka, and she was only two and a half years old. So he reflected on that and showing his personal experiences around the loss. I there are also other works, major works included. So there is also Psałtarz Dawidów, which is David's Psalter, a free and eloquent paraphrase of the Biblical Book of Psalms, which significantly enriched the Polish language.

Traveller, come! Enter under my leaves for a rest, Where the sun will not reach you. Come, and I promise the best. Even with sun at the highest, Shooting down on the meadows brilliant rays, Diffuse them, I shall be the softest of shadows. Here, right under my crown, Waves gently calling a breeze. Here the starlings and larks all abound and argue with ease. Here the hard-working bees extract from my sweet-smelling flower honey that graces the finest of tables at family hour. And without effort, with the whispers that come from my deep, I shall be singing all visitors sweetly to sleep.

I tak, przeprowadziłam egzamin. Gratulacje. Dziękuję. Teraz, kiedy zaznaczę te wersje, to przynosi do mnie wadę gorących wspomnień z moich młodych lat. Powiedz Ania, kiedy na prawdę celebuje się Narodowy Dzieciarz? So it is celebrated in each September under the honorary patronage of the sitting president and a new masterpiece is chosen especially for this occasion. From Fred Robb-Witt to Sienkiewicz's drama, from Proust's Realism to Wyspiański's Poetic Fire, every year adds a new thread to our cultural tapestry. But national reading is not only just about the books. It's about togetherness. It's about hearing the rhythm of our language echo through libraries, parks, schools and even far-flung corners of the globe.

No Polish gathering is complete without tea and a cake. Of course. And by the way, we had a homemade cake. Actually, it was a cheesecake with Polish jelly. Oh no. It was delicious. By the way, I hope you will join us next year. And don't forget, Polonia in Crashes hosts many more amazing events. And you are always welcome to join us. Thank you very much. It was great to hear it, how the Polish community celebrated this beautiful day. And of course, no Polish gathering without food, you know, that maybe actually will be an invitation and encouragement for people to come next time. Now, please listen to the song Pójdę Tam, I Will Go There, a song by Staszek Zgór and Justyna Styczkowska.

It was built on an area of 2,000 square metres with a 50-metre high tower and a monument to Władysław Ziegielski. King of Poland, have I said that right? Who was the King of Poland in 1386 to 1434 and his statue or monument stood at the entrance. After the German invasion of Poland in September 1939, the pavilion was updated to display documentary photos of the war's atrocities and the ongoing fight of Polish forces and the evidence of the Holocaust.

I would like to share a few thoughts about spring and well-being with you. With flowers in bloom, the days getting longer and summer in sight, we might notice a positive impact on our wellbeing. Our body clocks begin to adjust for the longer days, almost like awakening from hibernation. The Māori lunar calendar refers to koanga as a time of rebirth, when the whenua or land is prepared and crops are planted for harvest later. This is the time of year to start thinking about healthy eating.

Do they still feel like priorities? Perhaps you might have something new in mind. During our winter hibernation, we might find we've spent less time with friends and whānau. As we gain a bit more energy in early spring, it could be helpful It will be very good because I remember in Poland in the spring time we just have a big cleaning. Starting from cleaning and after that you can build up on a clean surface and clean house, windows and everything because it's kind of associated also with Easter.