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Author: Marcin Dębiński | Publish date: 17 September 2026

Celebration of the 130th anniversary of "Gazeta Ludowa" and the Masurian People's Party

17 September 2026, Author: Marcin Dębiński

A scientific conference was held at the Ełk Cultural Centre on the occasion of the 130th anniversary of the establishment of "Gazeta Ludowa" and the Masurian People's Party

Today (September 17, 2026) at the Ełk Center Cultures began the celebrations of the 130th anniversary of "Gazeta Ludowa" and the Masurian Party Ludowa. It is a great opportunity to talk about history, culture and identity Masuria, as well as characters and phenomena that have been permanently inscribed in the history of the region. At the conference organized on this occasion appeared: The conference program:

• Jakub Knyżewski, PhD (Museum Historical in Ełk) – Ełk at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries – the capital of Masuria
• Prof. Stanisław Achremczyk (Scientific Society of Stanisław Achremczyk). Wojciech Kętrzyński) – Masurian People's Party – uprising and program
• Prof. Zbigniew Chojnowski (University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn) – What else is there to discover in the work of Michał Kajka?
• Joanna Szydłowska, PhD (University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn) – With Wańkowicz in Masuria
• Rafał Żytyniec, PhD (Historical Museum in Ełk) – Masuria Siegfried Lenz

The event was held under the patronage of the Voivode Warmian-Masurian Radosław Król, the Wojciech Scientific Society Kętrzyński and the Wojciech Kętrzyński Northern Institute.