Przemysław Kania won the top spot in a competition held under the patronage of President Andrzej Duda and organized, among others, by the Kazimierz Wielki Foundation from Lublin. The competition was created as a tribute to the Cursed Soldiers—heroes of the anti-communist underground who, defending the independent existence of the Polish State and fighting for the right to self-determination and the realization of the Polish society’s democratic aspirations, opposed Soviet aggression and the communist regime imposed by force, both with weapons in hand and in other ways.
The second-secondary-school student has long been passionate about the Cursed Soldiers and the historical period from 1918 to 1963. For the competition, he prepared an interesting film about Antoni Stachura (June 9, 1906–April 11, 1963), which we present below.
The lieutenant is a familiar figure to the residents of Bolesławiec because the ZWZ/AK partisan, fleeing the security services from the area around Tarnów, hid in our city under the assumed name Zbigniew Wodziński. He lived on Emilii Plater Street and worked at BZMO. After his identity was exposed, he was harassed by the authorities and arrested repeatedly.
Przemek Kania was impressed by meeting members of the anti-communist underground, organized during the award ceremony in Lublin. He admires the Cursed Soldiers for their will to live and strength of spirit. His film about Lieutenant Antoni Stachura was praised for its substantive content and sound historical preparation, as well as for the recording’s good technical quality and the film’s production. Although Przemek is self-taught and passionate about the seventh art, he now attends classes at the film studio at BOK-MCC. In addition to historical films, he also makes others and invites you to vote for his new 3-minute film.
In March, Przemek Kania received the Mayor’s Award for Promoting Bolesławiec in 2015.