March of Living Memory of Siberian Deportees in Bolesławiec

The Bolesławiec Branch of the Association of Siberian Deportees and Gimnazjum Samorządowe No. 2 named after Poles Deported to Siberia invite all residents of Bolesławiec to the March of Living Memory of Siberian Deportees.

The march will take place on Thursday, 17 September 2015, at 11:30 a.m. in Bolesławiec Market Square, where the flag-bearing delegations from schools and all march participants will gather.

At 11:30 a.m., we will all set out for the municipal cemetery, to the monument “In Tribute to the Polish Martyrs of Siberia and Those Murdered in Katyń and the Gulags,” where the second part of the ceremony will take place with the participation of the military.

This event commemorates Poles who, over the centuries, were deported to Siberia, where they suffered and died from hunger, cold and forced labor.

Program

National anthem
Welcome of the march participants by Maria Niemczuk, President of the Bolesławiec Branch of the Association of Siberian Deportees
Guest speeches
Prayer
Roll call of the fallen and honor volley
Laying of flowers
Performance of the Siberian Deportees’ anthem by students of Gimnazjum Samorządowe No. 2
named after Poles Deported to Siberia