The 101st anniversary of the outbreak of the Greater Poland Uprising
As part of this year’s anniversary of the victorious Greater Poland Uprising, we would like to recommend the following events:
26th Dec. – at 16:00 – Dworzec Letni/ the Summer Station – staging of Ignacy Jan Paderewski’s entry to Poznań.
Once again together with the Teachers’ Choir of I.J. Paderewski, Koleje Wielkopolskie and TORPOL S.A. we would like to remind of the stir and mobilization among the people of Wielkopolska caused by the arrival of Master Paderewski in 1918. A day later a historical uprising broke out … As part of the celebration, songs commemorating the Uprising will be sang together with the audience, and for those who feel like going on a train ride with Ignacy Paderewski (played by the New Theater actor – Andrzej Lajborek) we have organized such an opportunity on a historic train on the route Poznań – Swarzędz – Poznań. The departure of the train is taking place right after the staging of Paderewski’s arrival at 17:15. Planned return to Poznań is at 18.35. Tickets are available at the ticket office of the Summer Station in Poznań and the station in Swarzędz.
27th Dec. – between 10:00 – 18:00 – Muzeum Powstania Wielkopolskiego 1918-1919 (admission on this day with special tickets – normal PLN 5, reduced PLN 3)
In front of Odwach, there will be the “Insurgent Town of 1918”, where you can find unique exhibits of that time – including armored car Erhardt M-17 “Colonel Kazimierz Grudzielski”, a 7.7cm FK 96 cannon, as well as mine shooters from 1916. Reconstruction uniforms from the first hours of the uprising will also be present.
At 12:00 and 14:00 you will be able to see the horse check-in performed by the Volunteer Representative Department of the Uhlans of the City of Poznań in the colors of the 15th Poznań Uhlans Regiment. At. 15:00 we invite you to the Cinema Hall of the museum for a lecture with a film and photo show about “Cavalry Regiments in the Greater Poland Uprising”.
At the Museum of the Greater Poland Uprising, we invite you to watch the new temporary exhibition “People of Wielkopolska in Bobruisk in 1919-1920 – photographs from the album of Jan Milewski”.
27th Dec. – at 19:30 – The courtyard of the City Hall – a concert of patriotic songs “Wielkopolanie śpiewają Niepodległej”
An open-air concert to commemorate the great victory and integrate the inhabitants of Poznań and Wielkopolska in singing patriotic songs. Scouts and reconstruction groups will participate in the event. Together with the artists, it will be possible to sing songs that have permanently entered the canon of Polish music and have been sung by well-known Polish musicians. The concert will again be hosted by TVP journalist Tomasz Wolny.
The show is created in cooperation with the Wielkopolskie Muzeum Niepodległości, Jacek Sykulski’s Poznański Chór Chłopięcy, and TVP Poznań.