Poland in Canada

Polish community in Montreal celebrated the 101st anniversary of Poland regaining independence.

Veterans, Canadian officials, diplomatic corps, members of Polish diaspora and friends of Poland took part in the celebration of the National Independence Day and the 101st anniversary of Poland regaining independence at the Polish Embassy in Ottawa, 12.11.2019.

Olga Tokarczuk, Polish writer and activist, won the Nobel Prize in Literature for “a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life.”

More than 700 language enthusiasts turned up for the 6th annual European Day of Languages at the Glebe Collegiate Institute in Ottawa on 28th September 2019. A lot of them visited Poland’s booth and took part in a mini-Polish language class.

Eighty years ago, German aggression on Poland started the Second World War. In the early hours of 1 September 1939, troops of the German Reich crossed the Polish-German border. Polish Army put up military resistance and expected the Allies’ reaction. On 3 September 1939, France and the UK declared war on the German Reich but did not take any real military action. Poland’s tragic fate was sealed on 17 September 1939 when the Soviet Union launched the invasion of Poland from the East. The attack of the German Reich and the Soviet Union resulted from the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact signed by the two totalitarian regimes, a secret protocol to which effectively divided Central Europe into the so-called spheres of influence.