{"id":965,"date":"2014-10-09T23:06:48","date_gmt":"2014-10-09T21:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.driel-polen.nl\/?page_id=965"},"modified":"2021-01-13T18:55:38","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T17:55:38","slug":"2009-toespraken-burgemeester","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.driel-polen.nl\/en\/herdenkingen\/herdenkingen-2005-2014\/2009-toespraken-burgemeester\/","title":{"rendered":"2009-toespraken-burgemeester"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: large;\">The Mayoress of Overbetuwe: Mrs. E. Tuijnman<br \/>\n<\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3119\" src=\"https:\/\/www.driel-polen.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Fotos-toespraken-2009-Tuijnman.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"250\" \/>Yours Excellencies, dear Veterans, Ladies and Gentlemen,<\/p>\n<p>A Jewish saying goes:<br \/>\nForgetting is banishment, commemorating is liberating.<\/p>\n<p>Forgetting is banishment.<br \/>\nWhy did so many people banish General Sosabowski\u2019s 1st Polish Independent Parachutist Brigade men after their brave battle here in Driel?<br \/>\nPolitical reasons.<br \/>\nWhilst the Driel population saw the Polish effort with their very own eyes in the almost impossible fight surrounding Arnhem\u2019s liberation.<br \/>\nThis same population built a monument here on the square a year after we were liberated and baptised it as the \u201cSosabowski Square\u201d soon afterwards.<br \/>\nPlus they commemorate \u201ctheir\u201d Polish heroes every year. This year for the 65th time.<br \/>\nBecause they knew, they had seen and they never had a flicker of doubt.<\/p>\n<p>Why did the authorities \u2013 both national and international \u2013 continue to deny what happened here and thereby do a great injustice to what actually did occur here during those September days in 1944?<br \/>\nThe Driel residents didn\u2019t understand this at all.<br \/>\nAnd what do you tell your children and grandchildren when it concerns justice and injustice.<br \/>\nWe want to make sure our younger generations know the story.<br \/>\nNot to look back in anger, but to do justice to the many young men who lost their lives in the fight for our freedom.<br \/>\nTo also want to bear some responsibility for this as a young person, to want to work on freedom and democracy.<br \/>\nBecause this is unfortunately not something which happens as a matter of course.<\/p>\n<p>I felt both sadness and joy when our Queen restored General Sosabowski and his men\u2019s honour in 2006 by awarding the highest military honour. Sad because it happened so late, happy because the Polish men were finally given what they were so rightfully entitled to. A true recognition of their efforts.<br \/>\nI was also overjoyed by the support received from the British veterans, judging by the General\u2019s monument. After all, they were also very much aware of the Polish efforts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe commemorate\u201d and I would like to quote the Polish Minister President, Mr Tusk, from his speech in Gdansk on 1st September, \u201cWe commemorate because we are all too aware of the fact that those who forget, or who falsify history and have the power or will accept the power, will once again bring about misfortune. Just like seventy years ago\u201d. End of quotation.<br \/>\nRecognition makes commemorating lighter, even with the sadness of all those we lost, which lives in our heart on a day like today.<br \/>\nIt gives us the opportunity to look to the future and continue to work on our most precious possession in life: living in times of freedom.<br \/>\nThis is very liberating.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mayoress of Overbetuwe: Mrs. E. Tuijnman Yours Excellencies, dear Veterans, Ladies and Gentlemen, A Jewish saying goes: Forgetting is banishment, commemorating is liberating. Forgetting is banishment. Why did so many people banish General Sosabowski\u2019s 1st Polish Independent Parachutist Brigade <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.driel-polen.nl\/en\/herdenkingen\/herdenkingen-2005-2014\/2009-toespraken-burgemeester\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.driel-polen.nl\/downloads\/lees-meer3.jpg\"><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wvrx-expand-full\" style=\"margin:0\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"parent":5637,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-965","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2009-toespraken-burgemeester - Stichting Driel-Polen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.driel-polen.nl\/herdenkingen\/herdenkingen-2005-2014\/2009-toespraken-burgemeester\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2009-toespraken-burgemeester - Stichting Driel-Polen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Mayoress of Overbetuwe: Mrs. E. 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