Update
After we published information at the beginning of May that Zdzisław Abramowicz might be honored with an avenue in Bolesławiec, the person concerned himself spoke up in the comments:
A day after learning that such an application had been submitted to the Bolesławiec City Council, I addressed a written request to the Chairman of the Council, categorically asking him not to give any official consideration to this matter. Of course, I know that every citizen has the right to put forward various ideas, but regardless of the true motives behind submitting an application to name any place in our city after me, I absolutely do not consent to this!!! I myself could name many people more deserving; in fact, I consider this idea to be some kind of poor joke. I would not like to offend the Applicant in any way; I am simply informing you that I do not consent to this—or any other—idea.
Let us recall. During the April session of the Bolesławiec City Council, Robert Rzepnicki, the second deputy mayor, mentioned while reporting on important actions taken between sessions that, at the end of March this year, a Bolesławiec resident had submitted an application to the Bolesławiec City Hall. The deputy head of the municipal office explained that it proposed giving the newly built sidewalk, the link between Willowa Street and the marketplace known as Manhattan the name: Zdzisław Abramowicz Avenue.
Deputy mayor: – The application is currently under consideration and being processed. So we will see whether Mr. Zdzisław Abramowicz agrees.
What do you think? Is it a good idea? We invite you to join the discussion.
Let us recall. Last year we reported that at the beginning of the November session of the Bolesławiec City Council, Zdzisław Abramowicz received the title of Honorary Citizen of Bolesławiec. Zdzisław Abramowicz made no secret of his emotion.
The city council adopted a resolution on awarding the title during its September session. Twenty votes were in favor. No one voted against, and no one abstained.
The justification for the resolution awarding Zdzisław Abramowicz the title of Honorary Citizen of Bolesławiec reads:
A teacher and Scout instructor, journalist, regional historian, co-author of guidebooks to the municipalities of Bolesławiec County, editor of historical television programs, commander of the Scout district in 1982–1988 and 1999–2011, and a six-term councilor of the Bolesławiec City Council.
He was born on April 4, 1947, in Wołów, Lower Silesian Voivodeship. He moved to Bolesławiec with his parents in 1948. He completed primary school there, followed by general secondary school. He studied engineering, humanities, agriculture, and theology. After graduating from the Catholic Theological College, he became a catechist and taught religion for several years at Primary School No. 1 in Bolesławiec.
As early as the 1970s, he was actively involved in Scouting. From 1978 to 1980, as one of the members of the Sports, Tourism and Recreation Department, he helped organize events, rallies, road races, and technical-defense competitions at the city and voivodeship levels, and supported individual Scout troops and groups. In 1981, he was locally involved in establishing the A. Małkowski Scout Instructors’ Circles, which drew on the traditions of prewar Scouting. In the autumn of the same year, he also began efforts to establish the “Wigry” troop, named after the Home Army battalion of that name which took part in the Warsaw Uprising. The troop, later transformed into a Scout group, was established four months before martial law was declared and operated very actively despite the significant restrictions on civil liberties introduced in Poland.
In 1982, Zdzisław Abramowicz was elected Commander of the Bolesławiec ZHP Scout District. He held this position until 1988, when he decided to resign, unwilling to give in to the ideological influence exerted on the Scouting movement at that time. When the former values began returning to Scouting in 1989, he became District Commander again. He held the position until 2011.
At the request of Bolesławiec veterans, he was elected President of the Bolesławiec Branch of the World Association of Home Army Soldiers, a position he held from 2006 to 2024. In 2005, he received a badge in recognition of his contribution of community service to the World Association of Home Army Soldiers and its dedication to the ethos of the Home Army.
Zdzisław Abramowicz was first elected to the City Council in 1994. He served as a councilor during the second, third, fourth, sixth, seventh, and eighth terms. He served as deputy chairman of the City Council, chaired a standing committee several times, and during the Council’s second term was also a member of the Bolesławiec City Executive Board.
From an early age, he was interested in Polish history and is also passionate about regional history. His areas of interest included Polish heritage in the so-called Recovered Territories, as well as local history from the 1930s to the 1950s. He often investigates the individual histories of people and their families. His interests led to his active involvement in the work of the Museum of Ceramics Council in Bolesławiec, as well as his active participation in the editorial work of the “Bolesławiec Yearbook.” He took part in academic conferences, including “The Security Office in Bolesławiec” in 2009 and “Bolesławiec Residents—They Did Not Come from Nowhere. On the Settlement Landscape of Lower Silesia” in 2016. He is the author or co-author of more than twenty historical monographs. He participated in documenting the history of many towns and villages in the Bolesławiec region, including Bolesławiec, Iwiny, Gościszów, Nowogrodziec, Zebrzydowa, Osła, and localities in the Bolesławiec Municipality. His research and investigations cover the area from Zgorzelec to Krzeszów, as well as Lubusz Land and Greater Poland.
He published in local and regional newspapers, including “Gazeta Wrocławska” and “Gazeta Wojewódzka.” He co-created more than 1,100 television programs. The most popular included the “Echoes of the Past” series produced by TV Łużyce, the “Discovering History” program made by Telewizja Lokalna Bolesławiec, and “Signs of History,” broadcast on TVT Zgorzelec. He worked with several dozen well-known television and press editors, and also served as an organizer and consultant for a number of cultural and historical projects.