The triumph of the Solidarity movement and the fall of the Soviet empire would have probably occurred much later had it not been for the help of many people of good will from all around the world. Those people, in the 1980s, devoted themselves to organising support committees for the Solidarity movement and Polish democratic opposition at large. In those difficult times, we received charitable aid, money, medical, polygraph and radio equipment from abroad. The European Solidarity Centre, on the 30^th anniversary of the establishment of the great social movement, would like to thank all foreigners who supported Poland in its difficult struggle for freedom and democracy, decided to award special Medals of Gratefulness.

The award committee of the award:

Lech Wałęsa - chairman

Bogdan Borusewicz (The Speaker of Senate)

Jerzy Borowczak (from the European Solidarity Centre)

Zbigniew Bujak (Mazovia)

Mirosław Chojecki (coordinator in charge of foreign technical support) 

Władysław Frasyniuk (Lower Silesia)

Tadeusz Jedynak (Upper Silesia)

Stefan Jurczak (Lesser Poland)

Bogdan Lis (Gdańsk)

Andrzej Milczanowski (West Pomerania)

Janusz Pałubicki (Greater Poland)

Jan Rulewski (Bydgoszcz)

Grażyna Staniszewska (the Beskids region)

Danuta Winiarska-Kuroń (East-Central Poland)

Director of the European Solidarity Centre

Father Maciej Zięba

On 31^st March we finished collecting nominations of candidates to be decorated with the Medal of Gratitude.

The Medals of Gratitude, established by the European Solidarity Centre, will be awarded in August, on the 30^th anniversary of the creation of Solidarity. Nominations received by the European Solidarity Centre after 31^st March 2010 will be given consideration next time.

Please submit your proposals for the award, together with a justification of the particular choice of a candidate, to the following e-mail address of the European Solidarity Centre: medal@ecs.gda.pl.

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