.gif) POLONIA RESTITUTA Order of Poland Restored Cavalier's breast Badge, 49mm, metal-gilt and enamel Established in 1921 Conferred for extraordinary merits in the service of the Polish State and society The Order has 5 categories |
Warsaw, Poland Dear Family & Friends, Just a few days ago, we have been informed by the Office of the President of Poland that our late Father, JERZY (JERY) DASTYCH received (posthumously) the ORDER OF POLAND RESTORED (POLONIA RESTITUTA), CAVALIER. The ceremony was held on May 12, 2009. At the same time similar Orders were given to activists of the Polish democratic and anti-communist opposition. Our Father was far from politics but he was a very talented and merited man. Born to a German-Polish family in Pomerania, a graduate of the then Commercial Academy in Poznan (Western Poland), he survived WWII in Southern Poland, near Cracow, evicted from his home in Torun by the German Nazis. After the war, for some time, he was deputy general manager of the Gdansk Shipyard (being rebuilt) and director of Economic Schools in Torun, Gdansk and other towns. But his great love was always music. He could play many instruments and he studied music while working in music high schools as a music (accordion) teacher. He spent some time in West Germany in a known accordion factory (Hohner). After returning to Poland, he continued his music career as pedagogue, composer, orchestra director and author of books on music and construction of instruments. He could also play organ and often he played in churches. His pupilds from the Musical Academy in Katowice (Upper Silesia) and Opole (Lower Silesia) are known musicians now, scattered all over Poland and even in far countries, like Mexico. His texbooks and music pieces are still available and often auctioned on the Web. But, first of all, Jery Dastych was an honest, hardworking and modest man, a good Father and Grandfather. He was also a practicioner of yoga for over 60 years and (in his youth) he practiced martial arts. He loved Nature and people and he was also a strong but tolerant religious believer (a Roman Catholic). We all miss him very much. Our Father died in Warsaw at the age of 86 on September 4, 1992. He is burried in a family grave in Torun, an ancient city in Northern Poland, known in the world as the birthplace of Nicolaus Copernicus, the famous astronomer. We are happy because of our late Father's high distinction by President of Poland (Lech Kaczynski) and we pray for peace of his Soul. David M. Dastych Here below is some information about people receving state Orders, including our late Father), and also about the history of the ORDER OF POLAND RESTORED (POLONIA RESTITUTA).
za wybitne zaslugi w dzialalnosci na rzecz przemian demokratycznych w Polsce, za osiagniecia w pracy zawodowej i spolecznej KRZYZEM KOMANDORSKIM Pan Krzysztof Wianecki KRZYZEM OFICERSKIM Pan Krzysztof Kasprzyk KRZYZEM KAWALERSKIM
Pan Wojciech Debski Uroczystosc wreczenia orderów odbyla sie na Sandomierskim Zamku podczas spotkania Pana Prezydenta z przedstawicielami srodowisk lokalnych: samorzadu lokalnego, przedsiebiorców, duchowienstwa, pracowników naukowych sandomierskich uczelni, studentów i uczniów sandomierskich szkól. Minister Pawel Wypych, Sekretarz Stanu w Kancelarii Prezydenta RP, wreczyl ZLOTY KRZYZ ZASLUGI nadany za zaslugi w dzialalnosci na rzecz przemian demokratycznych w Polsce, za osiagniecia w podejmowanej z pozytkiem dla kraju pracy zawodowej i spolecznej, Panu Kazimierzowi Plachimowiczowi. * nadany Order zostanie przekazany na rece najblizszej rodziny.
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