Polish Post with the title of Memorial Guard
Poczta Polska won the Special Remembrance Guard prize for activities for cultivating Polish history and tradition. The company triumphed in the patron category. This distinction proves that the Polish Post has been in public space not only as a commercial entity, but also as an institution guided by values and implementing a number of activities of a social mission.
Whoever does not respect and values his past is not worthy of respect, present or the right to the future - the words of Marshal Józef Piłsudski from the first edition are guided by the jury awarding the Memorial Guard award.
This year, solemn IX. The prize gala took place on November 16 at the Royal Castle in Warsaw. Every year, the editors of "Do Rzeczy" handle prizes in three categories: the creator (it is received by the authors of the works that contribute to the renewal of historical memory and have a significant contribution to the promotion of patriotic attitudes), the institution (the award goes to museums, associations and foundations, which last year took initiatives for achieving the goals of the competition) and patron (prize is received by public entities and commercial entities and commercial entities and commercial entities and commercial entities ( Private people who materially support attention to historical memory in a special way).
- Poczta Polska is an institution permanently infected in the history and tradition of Poland. To spread historical knowledge, we try to use instruments belonging to us, primarily philatelic emissions, but we also have huge archives that we use in current work. This award is for us a motivation for further work in the field of historical education - said Tomasz Zdzikot, president of the board of Poczta Polska during the gala.
In previous editions of the winners of the Remembrance Guard in the category of the creator were, among others: an excellent historian prof. Wojciech Roszkowski, an outstanding poet Jarosław Marek Rymkiewicz and the creators of the series "Time of Honor". In the category, the institution triumphed, among others: the Institute for Legal Culture Ordo Iuris, the Association of Commemoration of Poles murdered in Volhynia and the Association of Remembrance of the Victims of the Augustów Roach. In the patron category in previous years the highest laurels were won, among others: PGE President Wojciech Dąbrowski, Polish Security Printing and Bank Zachodni WBK.