Pre-premiere discussion about film

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SBS Radio has broadcast a discussion about the upcoming Kosciuszko film.

The conversation featured Ewa Figiel, Ernestyna Skurjat-Kozek and Tomasz Kukielka.

Kultura Connect Magazine, edition 11/2015

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A new edition of Kultura Connect has been published.

Click here to read the issue.

In this edition of the magazine: Europe’s peaks, Disney’s world of wonders, the hand-made splendours of Morocco, Oslo and its treasures, winter lights in Wilanow, historical marvels in Garaison, and much more!…

Jean Lapierre in film

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An icon in Polish and American history will feature in the forthcoming film Kosciuszko: Poland Will Yet Dance.

Jean Lapierre, the aide and valet to General Tadeusz Kosciuszko, makes an appearance twice in the film, which will be released next month.

Film trailer released

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The (Polish-language) trailer for the film Kosciuszko: Poland Will Yet Dance has been released.

The film, directed by Ernestyna Skurjat-Kozek, looks at the challenges faced by Taduesz Kosciuszko and his countrymen after a valiant, but ultimately unsuccessful, uprising to ensure Poland’s freedom in 1784.…

Voices recorded at SBS

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Dialogue for the upcoming documentary about Tadeusz Kosciuszko has been recorded at the SBS studios in Sydney.

Over two recording sessions, Tom Herman, Lukasz Swiatek, Felix and John Molski, and Tom Kulielka all lent their voices to different roles. Ewa Figiel, Ernestyna Skurjat-Kozek and Andrzej Kozek managed the production elements.…

Song recorded at SBS

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A song for the documentary about Tadeusz Kosciuszko has been recorded at the SBS studios in Sydney.

Adam Wasiel (a violinist, singer, and the founder and director of the Adria Nostalgia ensemble) and the soprano Maja Kedziora (also the head of the Rainbow Choir) lent their voices for the musical number.

Strzelecki’s previously unknown letter

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Felix Molski, a Kosciuszko Heritage (KH) committee member, and Ernestyna Skurjat-Kozek, the president of KH, have unearthed a previously unknown letter by Sir Paul Edmund Strzelecki.

The letter was published in the Inverness Courier on March 31, 1847.

Plaque unveiled in honour of Kosciuszko

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A plaque has been unveiled in honour of General Tadeusz Kosciuszko in Turku.

“In the city of Turku in Finland, a plaque has been unveiled commemorating the visit of Tadeusz Kosciuszko in January 1797,” reports the newspaper Rzeczpospolita. “The locals have adopted the Polish hero of the struggle for independence with great affection.

Clipping about Strzelecki koala

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Kosciuszko Heritage has received a clipping from the newspaper Trafalgar News (from Gippsland) about the Strzelecki koala.

The clipping was sent by Lidia Legun. The newspaper writes (on 07/04/2015) that a student, Faye Wedrowicz, will give a talk about the genetics of the Strzelecki koala.…

Kosciuszko comics

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Kosciuszko Heritage has received a surprise from the Kosciuszko Mound in Krakow: a package with two copies of the comic book for children and young people Kosciuszko in Krakow 1794 and Krzysztoforek: The magazine for young explorers, as well as many postcards depicting Kosciuszko Mound and Kosciuszko himself.