Polish Wilno & St.Casimir Market (Kaziuki) in 1936
NOTE: Thiis documentary movie was made shortly before II World War by the Germans (original version, with German comment, is also available in YT) and with the Lithuanian subtitles, which were added later, when that Polish city started in October 1939 - as the Lithuanian capital - the completely new chapter in its history. A short commentary in the end of my clip adds some historical background to the unbelievable tragedy of Polish inhabitants of Wilno in the years 1939-45. First - the Soviet occupation in September 1939 with the NKWD arrests and deportations of the Poles, then due to the Lithuanian-Soviet pact in October 1939 - the repressions on the Polish citizens, who were declared foreigners with no right to work or to use their native language - then, the repressions carried on by the Lithuanian-Nazi collaborative government, being co-responsible for the mass executions of the Polish intelligentsia in Ponary near Wilno as well as the homicide of almost 100 percent of the Polish Jewry in Wilno; then Soviet occupation again, with new mass deportations to the East of the remnants of Poles, as well as the cruel annihilation of the Polish anti-nazi and anti-communist resistance. In 1945, a handful of Polish survivors each of them with one-two suitcases left their beloved city forever, moving Westwards to Warsaw, Gdańsk or Toruń
Music: 1. Adam Aston & Orkiestra Henryka Warsa To płacze serce (Its My Heart Crying) (A.Jaszczyński- A.Jaksztas), Syrena-Electro 1933 2. Chór Dana - Stara melodia (An Old Melody) (M.Wróblewski - M.Stępień) Odeon 1937 3. Hanka Ordonówna Jakieś małe nic (A Little Nothing-In- -Particular) (L.Boruński M.Hemar), Syrena-Electro 1934
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