2023_09_03_Pawlak_festial_trzech_kultur
Festiwal trzech kultur Kępno
Transcript
00:00 Yesterday I had an opportunity to talk to tourists from Wrocław, who say it's a pity that there is no such idea in Wrocław.
00:10 They have been coming to the Czech Culture Festival in Kępnia since the second edition and say that they would like to reach the local government of Wrocław
00:18 and convince them of such an idea, so that Wrocław, which has a very rich history, could organize a similar thing in Wrocław.
00:29 Because it is also a promotion and history of the city of Wrocław.
00:33 I am personally happy about this, but I am also happy about the voices of the residents of the city of Kępnia, yesterday and today.
00:40 And after the first day of the festival, they say that the local government of Kępnia is praising them,
00:49 congratulating them on the idea that such a festival is organized, that they are residents, that they feel more and more proud that they are in Kępnia.
00:57 We know from the visit of Ruth Perez, who was rescued by a resident of the village near Kępnia from the Zagłady camp.
01:07 On this basis, we built the Czech Culture Festival.
01:10 Remembering that Ruth Perez had nothing to do with Kępnia, apart from the fact that the resident of Kępnia rescued her from the Zagłady camp.
01:17 But we knew that Kępnia was inhabited by a large Jewish nation before the war.
01:24 We still have the so-called Kamsiatka, the former Jewish district.
01:29 We are renovating the building after the synagogue, which I started for cultural purposes.
01:35 And this first festival was the beginning of showing the history of our city.
01:40 And today many people I talk to do not imagine that this cultural, historical event from the Kępnia map,
01:49 from the cultural events of the Kępnia land, the city of Kępnia was to disappear.
01:53 It has permanently entered the history of our city.
01:56 It is a very good idea, because, for example, for respect for those people who lived here before the war.
02:01 It is a pity that there is no such community here, but I had a duty, because I was offered and asked if I would come.
02:09 Of course, I agreed immediately, because it is a tribute to respect for those people who lived here before the war.
02:16 I would also like to represent our community in such a place.
02:21 Prayers for peace are always good and always desired.
02:26 Because today people know how they live, everyone chases, everyone runs, everyone is in a hurry.
02:30 And very much, a lot of secularization is happening.
02:34 I believe that such meetings can stop people for a moment and give some reflection,
02:40 to reflect, to think about where we are, in what place, at what point.
02:45 And a very good idea, I think it's a very good idea.
02:49 [music]