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.

Calling all cartoonists, painters and animators

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Kosciuszko Heritage is looking for cartoonists, painters and animators to assist in the production of a video about Tadeusz Kosciuszko.

For the last few months, Kosciuszko Heritage has been working on a DVD-documentary titled Kosciuszko in Tsarist Captivity. This was the most painful and least explored part of the life of Kosciuszko: a hero defeated by brute force, but morally victorious.

Festival to honour Strzelecki

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Sir Paul Edmund Strzelecki will be remembered and honoured during the 2015 PolskaÉire Festival.

The event, which runs from March 21 – 29 nationwide in Ireland, aims to “champion the diversity that Polish people bring to Ireland”. It has been established to coincide with the UEFA Republic of Ireland vs.…

Blum Foundation grant

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Kosciuszko Heritage has received a grant of $3950 from the Blum Foundation.

The grant will be used to produce a half-hour documentary about Thaddeus Kosciuszko, in English- and Polish-language versions, in 2015.