Categories: School, Eugenia Begetskaya

And we, when being a part of Poland, I went to the Polish school. I finished 5 years of school. You see.

Was there a school in Orkovichy?

No, there was one in Vugly, a village located one kilometer from ours. They all went there. There were three villages there, we went to that school. Orkavichy, Vugly, Safiyeuka and Makrets ... we all studied at the same school. And when he died ... in Vilnius that man who was a commander, what was his name? I forgot his surname, hmm. So we were taken to the funeral as we were excellent pupils… So I went there too. We were wearing such nice clothes, and we when being in Vilnius were standing near the Gate of Dawn (Vostraya Brama) where he was standing and all the military men were standing there, there were special platforms made, very-very high stairs. And we, pupils, were standing on the sky-high platform as he was standing on the high car to allow us to see him. Well. Pilsudzki – that was his surname. Yuzef Pilsudzki. We were only five people in a class who were excellent pupils. So we were brought to his funeral. We were taken pictures, but during the war all the photos went bad. So when they wanted to burn our house, my father earthed them and all of them decayed. You see. They all went bad.

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Researcher: Наталья Иващенко, кандидат исторических наук, ГрГУ им. Я. Купалы, Ксения Адасик, ГрГУ им. Я. Купалы