The extraordinary support that Poles and Hungarians gave each other in times of totalitarian enslavement and contempt, including a special gesture by the Solidarity Fighting Group in 1986, was commemorated with a plaque that reads:
In this place, on 23 October 1986, the 30th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian uprising, activists of Solidarność Walcząca hung a banner recalling the events of that time along the Danube. This gesture was at the same time proof of both nations' love of freedom and a symbol of the fight against the communist regime, both in 1956 and on the eve of its fall.
The plaque was erected in the place where the Solidarity activists carried out this courageous, brotherly act, and unveiled by Marek Kuchciński, Speaker of the Sejm, together with László Kövér, President of the Hungarian Parliament, who was on his first official visit to Poland.
The heads of the parliaments emphasised the similar experiences of our countries and the great desire for freedom that united Poland and Hungary. According to the Marshal, it is our duty to remember the communist governments, the Hungarian insurgents and the activists of the Solidarity movement. The memory of human strength and historical solidarity.
- The two activists of the Solidarity movement probably did not think that they were heralding a historical breakthrough that would take place in Poland and Hungary. For over a quarter of a century we have jointly and severally walked the road to freedom and sovereignty, the road to membership of the North Atlantic Alliance and the European Union," Kuchciński said.
- May God grant that this friendship, tempered by the storms of history, will continue to nourish as before," said László Kövér. - said László Kövér.
Photo by Rafał Zambrzycki
