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The Threat of liquidation of the Polish Museum in Rapperswil (Switzerland)
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Wanda Bronisława Tomczykowska
* 8.29.1921 † 3.2.2010
Founder and President for 38 years of The Polish Arts and Culture Foundation in San Francisco, recipient of numerous medals and commendations from Poland and the American government for her untiring promotion of Poland’s rich heritage.
Her fervent patriotiotism, propelled by what she had endured in WW2,lived long enough to finally see Poland’s freedom from oppression. Changing the lives of thousands, Pani Wanda as she was affectionately called, will be missed by everyone who knew her.
Her fascinating life account can be found on Wikipedia. A longtime resident of Berkeley and Oakland, Ms Wanda was active in the civic and cultural life of the Bay Area.
Born into an old, fiercely patriotic, Polish family, tracing its roots almost 700 years, Ms Wanda Tomczykowska embodied all that she had seen as a young girl, and was taught as a student, on the subject of defending country, family and faith.
Poland’s turbulent history has been written in blood, on the pages of Time by a fickle hand.
Geographically challenged with unfriendly neighbors and malevolent invaders, Ms. Wanda remembered the losses of centuries gone by, as well as the handful of years still smoking around her, as she fervently dismissed the ridicule, slurs and insults, by propagating all the good about Poland, the romantic bliss and the nostalgic magic of this fatigued land. Poland’s soul is heard in the music of Chopin and Moniuszko; her heart in the words of Kochanowski and Mickiewicz, her head in the discoveries of Kopernik and Sklodowska-Curie.
Ms Wanda took all that was denied Poland in the mid 1900’s and brought it to the fore in her adopted land of America.
Before the PACF, Ms Wanda handed out fruit and clothing to Displaced Persons arriving in Boston Harbor in 1948, organizing Polish Dance Companies in 1949 and 1957, joining forces with Eisenhower’s People-to-People Program in 1959 by creating a 20-nation company called Dance Around the World.
For Polish exhibits in stores, museums, on college campuses or schools, the walls of her home would be stripped of her Polish treasures, just to share them with the community and to teach future generations that the world did not stop at their front gate.
Demanding excellence from others, she was even more ruthless with herself. That drive helped San Francisco have the only Lech Walesa Way in the world, a Joseph Conrad Square and innumerable new friends who now treat Poles with the highest regard. The PACF’s annual Polonaise Balls at The Fairmont Hotel’s Gold Room are legendary.
The dozens of exhibits over the years at the Main Library, at Stanford and UCBerkeley, have showcased Polish history, music and the arts.
What Pani Wanda sacrificed in her private life for this Polish Cause matches the many sacrifices and obstacles of her compatriots, a sacrifice that cannot be ignored.
The numerous Medals and Diplomas of Recognition Pani Wanda has received are tangible symbols of gratitude, reminders of the work, the vision, and the magnificent obsession from which we all have benefited. An elegant lady who loved to travel and was more adventurous than she looked, lived with style and panache, through good times and bad, retired, due to poor health, to Krakow, Poland, not far from her beloved Wawel Hill, where another historical Wanda made a difference too.
On Tuesday, March 2, 2010 Pani Wanda finally succumbed, in Krakow, Poland, to the ravages of old age and diabetes. While vacationing in Poland in May 2002 she suffered a series of strokes, which prevented her return to San Francisco. She is survived by her grieving daughter Caria, loving grandchildren Remy, Dariana and Sebastian Szykier and great-granddaughters Hennessy and Lillian. She was predeceased by Caria's daughter Andria and son Damien.
There will be a Holy Mass and Celebration of Life at 2:15pm on March 20th at St. Ignatius Church (Fulton and Stanyan) in San Francisco. Memorial Masses will be celebrated in Warsaw and Krakow, Poland in mid-April. |
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Our Opinion
(Sep.18.2009)
Did Kali’sart work includesexual accentuations
and what happened
to them?
Let us return to the beginnings of the artistic career of Ms. Hanna Gordzialkowska -Weynerowska- Kali.
When Germany invaded Poland in 1939, for many young Poles, their imaginations, ambitions and even lives had changed dramatically.
Kali at that time was a student in the Art Academy in Warsaw where she wanted to continue her studies. Instead she found herself drawn into the underground resistance movement, i.e. The Home Army, the largest underground, organized army in the world at that time.
She was quick to enroll in and study at the underground military school, graduating with the rank of lieutenant. She was assigned to a Special Force unit dealing with sabotage in all its forms.
Kali was wounded in the Warsaw Uprising in 1944 and for her heroism she was awarded the Uprising Cross. After the Uprising collapsed, Kali was captured by the Germans and sent to a German military prison camp. Later Kali was liberated by the Soviet Army.
She was living in the Soviet Sector from which she escaped to Belgium in the Fall of 1945.
While in Belgium she resumed her art studies at the Royal Art Academy in Brussels.
By 1950 Kali had moved to Canada where she achieved a great success and recognition. Her art works earned many prestigious awards. Her art was selected to represent Canada in its Modern Art Exhibition held in Sao Paulo, Brazil and also in Caracas, Venezuela.
In 1953 Kali and her husband Henryk moved to California, living in San Francisco. The U.S. art critics praised her work highly and both its appreciation and prices continued to increase.
Kali preferred to keep many of her works close at hand; however, when needed, she would use them as collateral for loan guarantees for her home where kept many of the works, located at 191 Robinhood, San Francisco, California.
The basic foundation of Kali’s artistic success was the humanism reflected in her brush. No where throughout her works will you ever find reference to the war and brutality that she hated to her dying day.
Her husband, who was also her best friend, Henryk, passed way in 1988 in San Francisco. From that time onward Kali gradually stopped working at her art.
Later on Kali made a contact with the former director of the Polish Museum in Rappersvil Mr. Janusz S. Morkowski who was visiting his son in California.
As a result of this chance meeting, Kali bequeathed in her will several pieces of her famous art work to the Polish Museum in Rapperswil.
On June 20, 1998 Kali died from a wound by a firearm discharge.
Kali’s nephew Mr. Mark Woytowicz Wyatt of Santa Rosa, California was the sole executor of Kali’s Will.
Mark Woytowicz Wyatt sent to Janusz S. Morkowski a list of seventy nine (79) pieces of Kali’s art. He and Morkowski maintained a very close contact.
Listed below is the original data of Kali’s art bequeathed to the Polish Museum in Rapperswil.
Please click below to see the detailed list (PDF Format).
In Rappersvil Morkowski ordered that special boxes be made for all the art pieces and shipped to California for packing up the art work for shipment back to Rappersvil.
Unfortunately not single piece of Kali’s art ever reached Rappersvil since the date the Will was processed.
All of Kali’s art (see list above) was presented on the Internet on the website www.kaligallery.com. From this website was taken pictures all the Kali art work that can be seen below. All the Kali art work was removed from the website (www.kaligallery.com). The website was taken down by the owner even though the website had been paid up through 19-AUG-2010.
On the link below you may still find Mark Wyatt as the registrant of the Kaligallery.com www.networksolutions.com/whois-search/kaligallery.com
On link www.cafepress.com/kaligallery you find that someone sells tee shirts with printed pictures of Kali. According to copyright law the use of publishing rights and any profit there from belong to the Polish Museum at Rappersvil.
On the link www.najmici.net/malarstwo_kali.htm we find a text in English about Kali art that was supposed to be in the Polish Museum from the time when Janusz S. Morkowski was director.
We informed Mr. Piotr Mojski Chairman Polish Cultural Foundation "Libertas" Schloss Rapperswil about our discovery. He is responsible to protect any gift or donation coming to the Polish Museum in Rapperswil. Our letter remains without any substantive response.
After we sent our letter Piotr Mojski gave an order to Polish Museum not to provide any information to anyone as to what happened with the gift of Hanna Gordzialkowska-Weynerowska- Kali.
Probably Mr. Mojski thinks that rumors about the sexual overtones of Kali art are true and he would like to protect employees of the Museum from accusations of propagating pornography. In this way he thinks he can be free of the problem and keep a clear conscience.
After a thorough review of all Kali art we have a different opinion. Predominating is Kali’s humanism in art thus creating the contrast and texture. Under Kali’s brush, shadows are made to perfection and become a great attribute of her paintings. We do not see in Kali art any sexual accents.
In our opinion Piotr Mojski's handling of his neighbor and friend is a very problematic matter when it comes to holding back.
We believe that in Rapperswil there should be set up a Special Commission to investigate this whole matter. For this job we suggest the very energetic Mr. Max Berti or the director of the Polish Museum in Rapperswil Anna Buchmann. The ineffective Mr. Piotr Mojski would not be the man for this job.
Every interested reader of this article should get his or her own impression by viewing Kali’s art works.
If you have any information about missing Kali art please contact Polish Muzeum in Rapperswil, director Polish Museum in Rapperswil (www.muzeum-polskie.org) a.buchmann@muzeum-polskie.org or our web admin@rapperswil-castle.com
You may also contact Piotr Mojski, Chairman Polish Cultural Foundation "Libertas" Schloss Rapperswil p.mojski@muzeum-polskie.org
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Art of Hanna Weynerowska Kali
Please click below to see pieces of Kali's art (PDF Format).
Details of the art Hanna Weynerowska Kali
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Ms
Paulina Gedlek from Poland is registered
as 16000
th petitioner.
Congratulation!
Congratulation to All of You!
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Mr Jaroslaw Frontczek from Poland is
registered as 15000 th petitioner.
Congratulation!
Congratulation to All of You! |
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Our Opinion
(11.11.2008)
Who
made money off the granite headstones of the graves?
The tombs of Count Wladyslaw Plater, his wife Karolina
and Henryk Bukowski who no longer exist.
At
the same time as the authorities in the town of Rapperswil were ordered to seal
the entrance of the mausoleum containing urns with the heart of General Tadeusz
Kosciuszko, also the tomb of the tombs of Count Wladyslaw Plater "were liquidated"
The
former inhabitants of Rapperswil say that the bodies were wrapped in three gunny
sacks and buried in a common grave, without the presence of a priest. The granite
tombstones were used on other tombs and the graves where the bodies rested in
oak coffins were filled in. To what extent is this information true? It is difficult
to say today. Photos of the graves, taken 63 years ago speak for themselves.
We were informed of the widespread practice in Switzerland as permitted by
law, which is to allow new burials in graves whose ownership in no longer in existence
in order not to enlarge cemetery grounds, the gravestones being sold to be used
elsewhere. However in regard to the graves of Plater, his wife, and Henryk Bukowski,
there has been no new burials recorded.
What
happened with the graves of Plater, his wife and Bukowski demonstrates a premeditated
action and, by chance ironically, the graves were located in the canton of St.
Gallen.
In the canton of Nidwalden, there has been for a very long time,
a beautiful custom: next to each tomb there is a small container filled with water.
You can soak a branch and consecrate the grave. In this way, visitors highlight
the exceptional holiness of this place and bind together symbolically with the
person who is no longer with us.
It is a widespread use in Europe
to maintain the graves of people whose actions have contributed to the development
and enhancement of our civilization. The care of the graves also show respect
for those who have left us. By his actions, Plater has contributed not only to
the country where he was born but also to Rapperswil where he created the first
museum in history in the city of Rapperswil.
After
the closure of the prison castle, in which prisoners were living in inhumane conditions,
the castle was abandoned and fell into disuse and over time became a total loss.
Thanks to Plater, his money and many donors from around the world, the castle
still exists today.
Most people in Rapperswil are aware of these circumstances
but do they know that the current authorities of the town of Rapperswil are able
to correct the mistakes of their predecessors?
Or,
are they subject to the influences of the head of the "Group of Three"
who, under a semblance of democracy, sees only its own interests. Or, will they
stay silent and ignore this case that is not only a matter of the Polish ethnic
group but also of all the inhabitants of Rapperswil?
On behalf of the
Polish government, the new Ambassador to Switzerland, quietly has had discussions
with authorities in the town of Rapperswil-Jona and the City. These discussions
were conducted without the participation of the Directorate of Museum Rapperswil
nor by Friends of the Museum.
For what purpose were these discussions
held? Could they have been held in order to divide the estate’s museum after its
liquidation?
And perhaps the Polish government will encourage its Ambassador
there to actively and officially restore respect for the ashes of the creator
of the museum, with his wife Karolina and Bukowski and to maintain the independence
of the Polish museum at the castle of Rapperswil.
It appears from documents
found in private Swedish archives that the town of Rapperswil made a proposal
to Plater to buy the castle but because of a too high price asked, the Count chose
to lease. Today,
being able to view the castle from the air, we can better appreciate the amount
of money that Plater spent for the reconstruction of only roofs of the Castle
not to mention the costs of reconstruction inside.
With
the exception of the clock tower and the firewatch tower, everything was in ruins.
(See: http://www.rapperswil-castle.com/news.php
Discovery of the Archives NYT).
The
fairy story telling of "theft of the Castle by Poles" can be thrown
into the trash.
We
can do a comparison of money spent, if this is an argument of the Municipality
or the "Group of three" that under the smokescreen of exposure, fashioned
a false pretext of a better use for the castle, being the liquidation of the Museum.
It is high time for the “deciders” to end their “quiet” negotiations
and to start the public, constructive talks on the future of the museum in the
castle with the participation of all parties concerned. "Workshops"
which have no meaning,in our opinion, are used as smoke screens for unclear
concepts and proposals.
With great respect for Swiss democracy, we must
say:
-This is not only your business but also is the business of those
who elected you, residents of Rapperswil and the town of Rapperswil-Jona.
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This is not the only interest of the Ambassador of Poland but the interest of
Poles who live outside Poland around the world and all people in Poland.
- It is our intention that people of goodwill who live in dozens of countries
in the civilized world address this Petition to Retain the Polish Museum
in Rapperswil Castle to the Swiss authorities.
See below 1945 photo of Plater’s his wife Karolina and Henryk
Bukowski original tombs at the castle, in Rapperswil, after the German capitulation.
The
photo comes from the book Bukowski: konsthandelshus ett i Stockholm 1870-1945
Karl Asplund,
Stockholm 1945
Contemporary
picture of a part of the saved monument.
Where are the graves of Count Plater,
his wife and Henrk Bukowski?
Where
are the three disappeared tombstones, each weighing more than 350 kg and Henryk
Bukowski monument? For
the last two years the museum was managed by Director Anna Buchmann. She
made renovations to the two remaining sections of the tomb monument.
The
cost of the renovation was covered by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
of Poland. These two sections were thought to be the actual burial site of Plater,
et al. However this is not the case.
One
wonders why the descendants of the Plater family living in Switzerland, never
were concerned about the graves of their ancestors. They have always known that
Wladislaw Plater was the founder of the museum and that he had found his last
refuge there.
Aerial
photo of contemporary castle and its environs published with the agreement of
Mr André Locher.http://www.swisscastles.ch
The following are listed:
1- instead of the original
tomb of Plater, his wife and Bukowski. The tombs were oriented by the old east-west
burial tradition. Who disturbed these graves?
2
- at the entrance
of the castle Westside the key is only for the restaurant when open for receptions.
In the days and hours of the museum, there is no access to the symbolic tomb consisting
of two sections of the saved monument.
3
- Old Powder Tower;
the entrance to the mausoleum of General Kosciuszko, hero of two nations European
and American, was and remains sealed off.
4
- This is the section where Plater has erected
a column of Bar after signing the agreement with the town of Rapperswil;
5 -
Contemporary location of the column Bar after renovation
by the Poles.
For several years it had remained overturned in the bushes
nearby.
6
- Main entrance to the castle
7 -
Clock Tower.
8
- Former Fire Watch Tower
9
- Roof built entirely by Plater. The roof
did not exist when Plater took the castle for rent for 99 years, so he decided
to change the construction of the castle raised a floor under the roof on the
photo mentioned in #9.
Under this roof, a concert hall replaces today the
vast exhibition hall which existed during his lifetime. |
| Mr
Wojciech Dygut from Canada is registered
as 14000 th petitioner.
Congratulation!
Congratulation
to All of You! |
| Ms
Nancy Ballhorn from United Stated
of America is registered as 12000 th petitioner.
Congratulation! Congratulation
to All of You! | 
S c a n d
a l Regarding the Removal
of the Polish Museum from the Castle at Rappersvil
A meeting took place on Tuesday June 24 from 7:30 PM to 10:30
PM 2008 at Rappersvil Castle in a hall built and financed by the Count Wladyslaw
Plater in 1895.
The meeting drew more then 300 persons consisting of the activist
and residents of the city of Rapperswil with a numerous group of Polonians and
their Swiss Friends.
The audience represented many generations who took active
part in discussions about the scandalous proposal to remove the Polish Museum
from the castle.
The meeting
was called by the mayor of the City of Rappersvil but It was a great surprise
to note the absence on the podium of the official representatives of the city
and local administration of a commune Rapperswil. The purpose of the meeting was
to discuss the future of the Polish Museum and the Castle. Strangely,
sitting on the dais and speaking at the podium was the representative of the "Group
of Three" locally known as "Pro Schloss". This group does not have
any legal status. The group is embodied in the person of one Bruno Hug. Sitting
with Bruno
Hug') was James Schäpper, local F.D.P. representative
http://www.fdprj.ch/de/Partei_10130.html
and member of the aforementioned group.
In attendance among others were; Peter
Röllin was there representing the city's cultural affairs department.
Philipp Bachofner, organizer of the famous Castle Concerts, who praised the outstandingly
great acoustic features of the Hall built by Count Wladyslaw Plater.
Professor German Ritz from the Department of Slavic University Zurich, represented
Polish Museum Was present the current
staff Polish Embassy in Bern, Mr Jaroslaw Bajaczyk and Consul Mieczyslaw Sokolowski.
The main representative of "the group of three ' and main opponent of
the Polish Museum at the Castle was, Bruno Hug, a local businessman. Many of the
speakers interviewed affectionately referred to him as "our Bruno" during
half an hour of his presentation. In his statement, he took the side of the other
members of the "group of three." and left the meeting hall. Hi was so
rush for a meeting with his sports business http://www.lakers.ch/d/home.asp
and he do not has a time to explained plan of establishing a ball room in place
of the Polish museum to be located near an exclusive restaurant in the Castle
and a regional museum to make more profitable castle.
From Bruno Hug's
statement it can be noted that "the group of three" has not resigned
from this scandalous proposal to do away with the Polish Museum at the Castle.
The future of the Museum and the castle is still uncertain. Mr. Bruno Hug spoke
on behalf for those who have entered into a contract with the Museum, which is
the voice of the municipalities around Rapperswil.
Many
in attendance asked themselves the question, how is it possible, that "our
Bruno" had the right to speak on matters belonging to the jurisdiction of
cities and municipalities. http://www.dinersclubarena.ch/pdf_downloads/arena.pdf
. For many it was difficult to understand this situation as handled by Mr.Bruno'
Hug. Mr.Hug stated his position that
the city should cancel agreement (lease) with Poles to house the Polish Museum.
He also said that with the implementation
of the new ideas it will require rebuilding the Castle, and incur additional costs.
It will be necessary to establish "some foundations" with the local
municipalities and cities, Mr. Hug and others would be shareholder. The proceedings
failed to give the participants at the meeting any indication of how would the
profits be distributed? Many participants
at the meeting believed that Bruno Hug is first and foremost, a businessman and
editor of local newspapers http://www.moneyhouse.ch/p/Hug/Bruno//Bollingen+(Rapperswil-Jona)/index.htm
for whom the Museum would create a profitable business as well as for the state
institutions. As a result he will become famous. No one believes that the castle
would be a good location for new regional museum. Dr.
Peter Röllin - art historian from Rapperswil. He stated that the Polish museum
has a great potential for tourist and business to the community. The "Pro
Schloss group" is not well informed about history and its importance. He
also said that the castle is not a playground, where you can exchange players,
as you like. These remarks met with strong applause.
Prof. Ritz presented
questions about financing and planning. He declared his assistance and to participate
in the development of the project to modernize the Museum.
At the end
of the meeting Local Administration of Rapperswil asked for volunteers to sign
a paper to work on a committee to creative new projects how to make better use
of the castle. The paper quickly disappeared.
People from audience asked
a question how many people belonged to the "group three" and agreed
with them, but no one answered.
In final speech of President of the City
Rapperswil-Jona, Benedict Würth, praised Mr. Hug and his ideas to remove
the Polish Museum from the Castle. One of the participants asked the President
of the city of Rapperswil, whether he also represents "a group of three"?
In his speech the President of the
City did not mention one word about history of the Polish Museum and over 138
year impact the museum had on the local community and business in the city Rapperswil.
Who
exactly pulls the strings in a plan to remove the Polish Museum of Rapperswil
castle?
Who is responsible for attacks on the symbol of the Polish ethnic
group and who has an interest in creating a conflict between people?
This scandal needs to attain the attention of the Swiss federal authority to maintain
the Polish Museum at the castle in Rappersvil. A petition of signatures is presented
at http://www.rapperswil-castle.com
from 66 countries of the world.
Bruno Hug in his newspaper distributed
to the inhabitants of Rappersvil repeats slogans
abou tthe"aggressivePolish nation." http://www.suedostschweiz.ch/medien/archiv/pdf/blaettern_gross_frameset.cfm?seite=01_onon_01_2008-06-26
(19 lokalspiegel)
How can the local and federal authorties permit
such an attack on a ethnic group in modern Switzerland?
The result of
the meeting held, showed a strong support for Museum location at the castle for
138 years. The whole discussion proved that Museum was and is an important institution
in city and Switzerland. It will assist in maintaining Polish tradition and culture
in Switzerland and Europe and a great opportunity for the city and tourism. |
PUBLIC
MEETING REGARDING POLISH MUSEUM IN RAPPERSWIL
| On June 24, 2008 , at 19.30 o clock
(7.30 PM) in the Castle of Raperswil, in the hall (picture attached) constructed
by the private funds of the Graff Wladyslaw Plater as well as free Polonians donations
- will take place a public debate about the scandalous proposition to remove the
Polish Museum from the Castle. At the Graff W. Plater time this
hall was called the "Great Exhibition Hall"; these days it is called "the Great
Knights Hall", even though the above mentioned tendency has nothing in common
with knights and especially with the chivalry. In our opinion
the most proper name shall be "the Graff Wladyslaw Plater's Hall". |
Response to the hundreds of letters received.
| The hundreds of
question flow in - why announcing the Public meeting being omitted the organizers…?
Now, the organizers of the public discussion on June 24, 2008, at 7.30PM are the
city council of Rapperswil. Regretfully we have no idea if the City President
will attend. We hope, that the City will be represented by people with authority,
whom will be able to respond to many of your questions directed to us.
We take this opportunity to thank you for the genuine interest about the Polish
Museum; we are equally as you convinced that the meeting will be a constructive
one. Of course we are sending our representative to observe development of this
event. Then we will report all to you. |
DISCOVERED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES ARCHIVE
| We found an
article in The New York Times archive dated 19 May 1895 about the Polish
Rapperswil Museum. Click
to Open. Please read this article in PDF format entitled*
"POLAND'S ONLY NATIONAL LAND; MUSEUM OF RAPPERSWIL NEAR
ZURICH IN SWITZERLAND. Count Ladislas Plater's Gift to His Compatriots -- Andre
Bukowski's Collection of Rare Art Objects". The Article
speaks about the entire Castle being in total ruin except for two rooms, i.e.
the Clock Tower and Watch Tower. It was in this condition when Count Wladyslaw
Plater signed the Contract for ninety-nine years. The two rooms mentioned in the
Article were occupied by guard-sentries. Could it be that the
people of Rapperswil have forgotten that the Castle as it is today was restored
and saved by the Polish people? * Requires AcrobatReader
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Dr Theodor Curti
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A lot of your questions concerns Dr Theodore
Curti. We are in the process of preparing more elaborate materials about the activities
of this statesman, who at the end of his life was the chief editor of the "Frankfurter
Zeitung" (1902-1914). That newspaper was a predecessor of nowadays very popular
the "Frankfurter Allgemaine Zeitung" In
the process of preparations is also the elaborated part about the history of the
Museum - from its beginning to this days. A special emphasis will take place on
an involvement of some prominent Rapperswil's families; the most active ones as
Hans Rathgeba, Walter or Domeisen family. According
to some historical material in our hands - Dr Theodore Curti was never properly
recognized by politicians of Raperswill, moreover as the Count Wladyslaw Plater.
Perhaps an idea to name one of the City Hall's rooms - Dr Theodore Curti room
- or install a commemorative board, honoring above historian, medical doctor,
social activist, publisher, politician and former president of the City of Raperswil,
who was born in 1848 in Raperswill. With out his good-will and help the idea of
Count Wladyslaw Plater's to create the Polish Museum will be unable to materialize.
Because of that - in our "Petition" - we put both of them on the same level. (A
new - archive - picture of Dr Theodore Curtis can be seen in the part - "photos".)
Below - photos from the Museum's history. 
The
president of the City Rapperswil- Honorable Walter Domeinsen and Polonians
Pastoral - Most Reverend Wladyslaw Rubin during the meeting of the Swiss
- Polish Friends of the Museum Society in 1977 
In
June 21, 1975 took place the renewal opening of the Polish Museum. On photo Honorable
Hans Ratheb, the City Councilman as well as the well- merited President
of the Society of the Friend of the Polish Museum in Rapperswil. In opening speech
he underlined that -"it is a day which will be the most beautiful in
my life. I am touched that we have had such a numerous gathering".
The
count Julian Godlewski - benefactor of the Museum on these days. Thanks
to him the Museum get a solid financial fdoundation.
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RP w Bernie
Elfenstrase 20a
3000 Bern 15
Tel.: 004131-358 02 09
Offener
Brief An den schweizerischen Bundesrat & Herrn
Bundesratpräsident
Herrn Pascal Couchepin
Frankfurt/M., den 18.
Mai 2008
| Thema: Ich bitte den schweizerischen
Bundesrat die entsprechende Schritte zu unternehmen, damit das Polnische Museum
im Schloß in Rapperswil die weiteren Jahrzehnte arbeiten dort kann.
Sehr geehrter Bundesratpräsident,
Herr Couchepin,
Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich erfuhr, daß das Schloß in Rapperswil, der Sitz
des Polnischen Museums, einst eine abbruchreife Schloßruine, das im Laufe von
130 Jahren von Polonia und den Schweizern zu einem Prachtschloß umgewandelt wurde
(nach 1945 verläuft die Arbeit und im Standhalten des Polnischen Museums ohne
einer finanziellen Unterstützung der schweizerischen Behörden jedoch auf der Grundlage
des Vertrages mit der Gemeinde und ihres Wohlwollens) und Dank des großen Engagement
der schweizerischen Polonia bis heute sehr gut geführt wurde, nun an einen privaten
Käufer verkauft werden könnte. Für mich ist leicht vorstellbar,
daß bei dem Wechsel des Schloßbesitzers, werden z.B. die Steuern an die kantonale
Steuerbehörde des neuen Besitzers/Käufers des Schloßes in Rapperswil deutlich
höher liegen als die heutigen Pächter - Polnisches Museum - diese heute zu entrichten
verpflichtet sind. Auf diese Weise könnten auch andere Geldbeträge, die mit dem
Wechsel des Besitzers zustande kommen würden, der kantonalen Administration extra
Quellen der Gelder zur Verfügungen stellen, die womöglich anderen Bereichen des
öffentlichen Lebens zu Gute kommen könnten, sei es der Finanzierung der Parkanlagen,
der öffentlichen Verkehrsmittel etc. Das Polnische Museum würde in so einem Fall
statt eines repräsentativen Schloßes in Rapperswil, kein zweites Schloß als Domizil
erhalten, um durch ihre kulturelle Arbeit die Polen und Schweizer nahe einander
zu bringen, und gleichzeitig in Erinnerung der Welt aufzubewahren, daß die in
der Schweiz internierten polnischen Soldaten im II. Weltkrieg fünf Jahre lang
unentgeltlich an diesem Schloß und anderen Bauprojekten ihrer neuen Heimat tätig
waren, weil sie genauso wie die Schweizer nicht für den Krieg sondern an der Zukunft
im Frieden arbeiten wollten. |
Würden die 80% der ausländischen Besucher, die in großen Scharren das Polnische
Museum jedes Jahr zu dem am meist besuchten Museums dieser Gegend machen, sich
die Mühe machen, so wertvolle Ausstellungen dieses Museums, wie die Polnische
Schule der Kunst- und Baudenkmalpflege oder der die Ausstellung von Beständen
des Preußischen Museums, unter einer anderen Adresse zu suchen wäre, wenn das
Polnische Museum eine abgelegene, nah eines Murmeltierbaus Alpenhütte in Aussicht
bekommen würde, die ebenfalls mit höheren Gebühren als ihr früherer Besitzer dafür
zahlte, zu haben wäre, damit nach dem Verlauf der nächsten 120 Jahren der sehr
kostspieligen für Polonia Selbstfinanzierung des neuen Sitzes des Polnischen Museums,
diese Geschichte sich wiederholen könnte? Das ist die Sichtweise
des Problems mit den Augen eines EU-Bürgers. Eine gesundere
Perspektive dieses Problems könnte der schweizerische Bundesrat realisieren, wo
es nicht um den schnellen, heutigen, finanziellen Gewinn für die respektablen
Käufer bzw. der Immobilienspekulanten geht, sondern um die Bedeutung der Schweiz
im Ausland als ein Land, in dem vom II. Weltkrieg bis heute die Erhaltung der
polnischen Kultur im Polnischen Museum auf dem Schloß von Rapperswil für die Bürger
von Schweiz und die ausländischen Touristen weiterhin ein Symbol des Respekts
der schweizerischen Nation für die Kultur der anderen Völker auf dem Boden von
Schweiz zu sehen sein kann. Ich bitte Sie, Herr Bundesratspräsident
und den schweizerischen Bundesrat die entsprechende Schritte zu unternehmen, damit
das Polnische Museum im Schloß in Rapperswil die weiteren Jahrzehnte arbeiten
kann. Im voraus danke ich Ihnen für Ihr wohlwollen gegenüber
derm Polnischen Museum in Rapperswil, einem Symbol des gemeinsemen Respekts vor
der Kultur der Völker Europas. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Schriftstellerin,
Journalistin,
Maria Sulkowska-Kneier
D-60316 Frankfurt / Germany*
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