Crowds on Plac Piłsudskiego “Piłsudski Square” after the death of Pope John Paul II
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Część II
Memories of the past. A continuity of history
After World War II, Saski Square, as known by that name until May 1946, was renamed Plac Zwycięstwa ‘Victory Square’. Newly established national holidays were commemorated in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The communist authorities also organised celebrations at Plac Defilad ‘Parade Square’ in front of the Palace of Culture and Science, which had been erected in 1952-1955, and which came to be seen as a symbol of Soviet domination. The square, where Saski Palace once stood, remained an important place for oppositional groups to celebrate those anniversaries important to the nation, which had been removed from the national calendar by the authorities.
1979
The Holy Mass at Victory Square turned out to be the most important event of the first pilgrimage to the homeland of John Paul II (on October 16, 1978, Karol Wojtyła was elected pope, the first non-Italian pope since 1522). His famous words, spoken during the mass at Victory Square in Warsaw, June 2, 1979, became a call to fight communism.
And I cry, I who am a Son of the land of Poland and who am also Pope John Paul II. I cry from all the depths of this Millennium, I cry on the vigil of Pentecost, I cry with all of you: Let your Spirit descend and renew the face of the earth, the face of this land.
Plac Piłsudskiego “Piłsudski Square”
Historians emphasise that the first pilgrimage of John Paul II to his homeland inspired his compatriots. A year later, Solidarity, with 10 million members, was established, which “changed the face of this land”, and invigorated the determination on the part of Poles to fight for their freedom. What was set in train would ultimately lead to the Autumn of Nations, which was the fall of communism in Central and Eastern Europe.
The third pilgrimage of John Paul II to Poland
The fall of the Berlin Wall
1981
Victory Square was also the place where the funeral of the Primate of Poland, Stefan Wyszyński, known as the Primate of the Millennium, took place. On May 31, 1981, thousands of believers came to Warsaw to accompany their shepherd on his last journey. Delegations from all over the world also came to Warsaw, and the funeral itself took the form of a religious and patriotic demonstration.
The funeral ceremony of the Primate of Poland, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński
1990
Victory Square was renamed Plac Piłsudskiego ‘Piłsudski Square’ in 1990. To this day, it has remained the site of patriotic state celebrations. On Piłsudski Square the Third Polish Republic has hosted delegations of foreign leaders and celebrated the most important national holidays.
2005
It was here, on Piłsudski Square, where several thousand Warsaw residents lit candles and prayed on the day of John Paul II’s death, on April 2, 2005, in what was a spontaneous impulse of social solidarity.
Commemorations for the first anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul II, Plac Piłsudskiego “Piłsudski Square”
(…)the Saski Palace and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier are permanently ingrained in the collective consciousness of the Polish people and they represent an integral element of our national heritage (…)
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