- The Old Pupils'
Association - Villard-de-Lans
and Poland
et la Pologne - The Polish High School
and the Heritage Centre
- Françoise Bérard
- Ernest Berger
- Bernis
- Wanda Delingier
- Devillers-Berger
- Krystyna Fassina
- Helena Gawlowska
- Christine Haon
- Henri Kristanek
- Marcel Malbos
- Marcele Malbos
- Maria Orzchowska/Orliac
- André Pogorzelski
- Jozepha Roszkiewicz
- Zophia Swiadwoska-Sowinska
- News
- Acknowledgements
- Contacts
News
An update on the Polish High School’s news
November 2008
Our annual get-together took place on the last weekend of August. As usual, on the Saturday, a wreath was laid on the Poles’ Tomb in the Villard-de-Lans graveyard and the General Meeting was held, followed by mass, a cocktail reception and evening dinner; on the Sunday, we congregated at the 7th Station of the Valchevrière Way of the Cross.
The General Meeting approved our current projects. Now we need to get the work done, which of course is the hardest part!
July 2008
A number of subsidies were granted, enabling us to go ahead with several projects at the same time:
- Translation of the following works: Wolna Szkola Polska, by Tadeusz Lepkowski; Moj Villard-de-Lans, by Adam Skinder; Goscie Hotelu Du Parc, by Karo Obidniak and Jozef Wedrychowski; Villardczyk, by Henryk Grabowski. Some translations have been completed while others are under way. Still to do: page layout and publication.
- Digitalisation of Ewa Cendrowska’s film: Retour au Vercors (Back to the Vercors).
- Translation of this website into Polish and English.
- Digitalisation of our archives before donating them to the Isere Departmental Archives Service.
In addition, all available photos have now been digitalised and are on display on this website (Photo Library section). Please contact us to request the necessary authorisation if you wish to download them for publishing purposes.
Other project: repairs to the tomb for the Poles buried in the Villard-de-Lans graveyard.
The Association’s next General Meeting will be held on 30 and 31 August in Villard-de-Lans.
Finally, Ewa Valentin-Staczek’s book,”Villardczycy”, has been translated and privately printed under the title “Les Villardiens”, and is available through us. (565 pages. Contains more than 400 photos and reproductions of documents. Historical reminders and biographies of around 300 pupils and teachers).
January 2007
- Completion of the Polish High School’s website. Officially on-line at the beginning of February.
- A number of projects in the pipeline, including digitalising Ewa Cendrowska’s film, “Back to the Vercors” on DVD and the publication of several books...
- A number of books have been published in Polish, but none in French. We feel it is very important to translate and publish books considered essential and that give an overview of what the Polish High School was like. These include…
Wolna Szkola Polska
Tadeuz Lepkowski: the historical “bible”.
Goscie z Hotelu du Parc
Carol Obidiniak and Joseph Wedrychowszi: a play telling about life at the school.
Moj Villard de Lans
Adam Skinder: a collection of anecdotes about the school.
Villardczycy
Ewa Valentin-Staczek: biography of some of the school’s pupils and teachers.
W Tym Parku I W Tym Hotelu
Ewa and Yvonki Valentin: personal recollections of the Polish High School years.