Numerous examples from history convince us that Poles and Hungarians have a common cultural code - said Marek Kuchciński during promotion of professor Csaba G. Kiss "Visegrad affinities" during the Economic Forum in Krynica.

The Marshal of the Sejm reminded such moments as the refusal of the oath to the Germans by the Hungarian part of the legionary brigade during the World War II, war with Bolsheviks, when we received help and ammunition, without which we would not manage, from the Hungarians, World War II, when our ancestors, in order to continue the underground fight against the occupant, escaped through Hungary or the figures of Henryk Antall and Józef Sławik. Thanks to the cooperation between the Hungarian government representative and the Pole tens of thousands of citizens were saved. Commendable examples of Polish-Hungarian ties were also brought by the year 1956 - the Poznan June, the Hungarian uprising, the blood donation

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