Ryszard Borowski (ur. 1958, Zamość) jest synem Wacława Borowskiego „Sierpa”, żołnierza powojennego podziemia niepodległościowego, skazanego w 1951 roku na 10 lat, do 1955 roku więzionego w Strzelcach Opolskich, Sosnowcu i w Ośrodku Pracy Więźniów w Brzeszczach.
[00:00:10] Autoprezentacja boh. urodzonego w 1958 r. w Zamościu.
[00:00:22] Ojciec Wacław Borowski ps. Sierp, był w partyzantce. Kilka lat siedział w więzieniu we Wronkach i pracował w fabryce butów. Po wyjściu na wolność pracował w rolnictwie i zajmował się dorywczo kowalstwem. W 1957 r. ożenił się i zamieszkał w gospodarstwie żony. [+]
[00:01:25] Ojciec niechętnie mówił o przeszłości – obawa dalszych represji. Boh. nie pamięta, by milicja przychodziła do domu. Nie pamięta także opowieści ojca.
[00:03:32] Boh. ma odpis wyroku, ale trudno się zorientować, za co ojciec siedział. Jego losami zainteresował się niedawno – kwestia pamięci. Odpowiedzi ojca na pytania, za co trafił do więzienia.
[00:05:35] Boh. jest dumny z ojca, który w życiu uczciwie pracował. Boh. urodził się po powrocie ojca z więzienia i nie doświadczył jego braku. Swoim dzieciom przekazuje historię ich dziadka, zachował się jego mundur i inne pamiątki.
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Ever since it was established, the Witold Pilecki Institute of Solidarity and Valor has been collecting and sharing documents that present the multiple historical facets of the last century. Many of them were previously split up, lost, or forgotten. Some were held in archives on other continents. To facilitate research, we have created an innovative digital archive that enables easy access to the source material. We are striving to gather as many archives as possible in one place. As a result, it takes little more than a few clicks to learn about the history of Poland and its citizens in the 20th century.
The Institute’s website contains a description of the collections available in the reading room as well as the necessary information to plan a visit. The documents themselves are only available in the Institute’s reading room, a public space where material is available free of charge to researchers and anyone interested in the topics collected there. The reading room also offers a friendly environment for quiet work.
The materials are obtained from institutions, public archives, both domestic and international social organizations, as well as from private individuals. The collections are constantly being expanded. A full-text search engine that searches both the content of the documents and their metadata allows the user to reach the desired source with ease. Another way to navigate the accumulated resources is to search according to the archival institutions from which they originate and which contain hierarchically arranged fonds and files.
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