Event programme:

  • 9.00 Participant registration
  • 9.30–9.45 Welcome and opening of the conference: starosta Dariusz Kwaśniewski, marshal Cezary Przybylski
  • 9.50–10.35 Addresses by invited guests
  • 10.35–11.20 Lectures: Adam Baniecki, State Archive in Wrocław, Bolesławiec Branch, “The geography of settlement in Bolesławiec County in 1945–1949”; Dr Gordana Durdev-Małkiewicz, University of Wrocław, “Poles from Bosnia”; Tomasz Kuba Kozłowski, coordinator of the “Warsaw Borderlands Initiative” programme at the History Meeting House in Warsaw, “The train from Lviv. Sagas of the expelled”; Dariusz Pawliszczy, head of Gromadka Commune, “Not everything was so rosy”
  • 11.30–11.50 Staging of the arrival in the lands of Bolesławiec County – street performance (square near the Theatre)
  • 12.00–12.40 A page from a diary – memories of Bolesławiec County residents; “From the Eastern Borderlands to the western lands”, “We are returning to you, Poland, from distant Siberia and the steppes of Kazakhstan”, “The first days in the Piast Lands”, “We are returning to you, beloved homeland – a few reflections on the Bolesławiec returnees from France”
  • 12.40–13.50 “The Past Revealed” – a film of memories
  • 13.50–14.40 “Flavours from different parts of the world”
  • 14.40–15.20 “There is so much beautiful music in the world...” – artistic performances
  • 15.20 Summary and conclusion of the conference.

Bolesławiec County/ii