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Welcome to Australian Polish Historical
Society website
On behalf of the Committee of Management, it is
my pleasure to welcome you to the Australian
Polish Historical Society Inc. I hope you will
find this website of interest and value. If you
would like information that is not part of our
website, we would be happy to hear from you.
APHS is keen to work with other historical
societies, relevant groups, organisations and
interested individuals.
Elizabeth Szczepanska
President (click
here to read profile)
The
Australian Polish Historical Society was
established in 2004, in Melbourne, and is a
non-profit community-based organization. It
comprises over 30 members, who are interested in
documenting and celebrating the Polish presence
in Victoria and Australia.
Aims:
- integration of people interested in
Australian-Polish history, incl. recent and
contemporary issues
- promotion, interchange and advancement of
knowledge about the Polish migration to and
heritage in Australia
Read more...
27th Anniversary of Martial Law in Poland
On
the 13th of December 1981 the hopes of millions
of Poles were destroyed, and the chance for
democratic change was shelved for many years.
The
martial law brought suffering to thousands of
people - those killed, jailed, dismissed, their
livelihoods destroyed. There is no other event
in our modern history of comparable importance.
Those of us who were there still vividly
remember the depravity of the communist regime
and the broad support to the resistance movement
among the people.
We
have placed 3 documents on this site with the
basic facts, dates, testimonies and references
(all documents in Polish).
Read more...
68th Anniversary of the Soviet’s invasion on
Poland – 17th September 1939
W
związku z 68 rocznicą napaści wojsk sowieckich
na Polskę wszystkim, którzy ucierpieli wskutek
krzywd, nieprawości, i zginęli w wyniku tej
zbrodni, i tym, których krzywdy nigdy nie
zostały uznane i docenione, wyrazy najwyższego
szacunku, uznania i współczucia przekazuje
Australijsko-Polskie Towarzystwo Historyczne.
Monika Wiench
sekretarz
In
September 1939, as a result of Hitler's and
Stalin's partition of Poland 13 million of
Polish citizens, including over 5 million ethnic
Poles, found themselves under Soviet occupation.
From the very beginning of this period they
suffered arrests, deportations and murders.
Read more...
25th Anniversary of Solidarity
One of its first and major achievements of APTH
to-date is the celebration of the 25th
anniversary of the Solidarity movement. The
celebration included a unique exhibition at the
Victorian Parliament (Queen’s Hall) in September
2005. The Hon. Rob Hulls, Attorney General of
Victoria, officially opened the exhibition.
Read more...
Click on the image to download the
message from
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