Appeal for Worship in memory of the victims of the tragedies caused by both totalitarianisms that took place in our region, in particular in the years 1939-1956, the Sejmik Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, adopted by resolution of 26 May 2020. Celebration The Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Both Totalitarianisms in Warmia and Mazury falls on 18 January and are celebrated for the second time in our region.

Marshal of the Voivodeship Warmińsko-Mazurskiego appeals to join the celebrations: It is a tribute to tens of thousands of innocents persons, mostly civilian and defenceless, the inhabitants of this land, prisoners of war(...) who in our region in our region they became victims of both totalitarianisms. Here they were murdered and permanently physically and mentally mutilated. We owe them all remembrance, as well as we are obliged to discover and disseminate knowledge about those Events.

With On the occasion of the celebrations, the Historical Museum in Ełk offers on-line activities:

1)       On your website and on your Facebook profile, the museum has provided links about the current educational offer in the above the topic listed. These are episodes of "Virtual City Walker" unusual" devoted to the topics: "White spots, or Elk in the Third Reich" and "Elk in Stalinist times".

2)       A recording is available on the MHE YouTube channel from the open lecture of Dr. Stefan m. Marcinkiewicz on "Yakov Jughashvili (1907-1943). Unknown episode in Oflag 56 (Bogusze/Prostki)". Dr. Marcinkiewicz you will also be able to listen during the Open Museum Lesson online, which will take place on January 19 at 18.00 on the MHE Facebook profile. Subject the planned meeting is "Concentration camp as an instrument of terror and Extermination. An example of a Nazi POW camp in Bogusze/Prostki (1941-1945)".

3)       Memories were also shared Teresa Ostrowska, President of the Regional Association of Polish Children of War . "War through the eyes of a child".

4)       The Historical Museum also encourages you to see our virtual exhibition "Totalitarianisms in Polish Folk Art" presenting the works of Polish folk artists from the collection of a German pastor Louis Galinski.

More on:

https://muzeum.elk.pl/aktualnosci/dzien-pamieci-ofiar-obu-totalitaryzmow-na-warmii-i-mazurach-2/4201/

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