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2 unusual facts about Podhale


Władysław Hasior

Władysław Hasior (May 14, 1928 – July 14, 1999) was one of the leading Polish contemporary sculptors connected with the Podhale region.

Włodzimierz Kotoński

In an initial period of activity he took an interest in folk music from the Podhale region in southern Poland.


Edward Gött-Getyński

In mid 1941 Getyński organized the first combat unit of the Tatra Confederation called Mountain Division (Dywizja Górska) in Podhale, under the leadership of Augustyn Suski from the Confederation.

Maciej Masłowski

In 1931-1939 he worked in the Department of Fine Arts of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Public Education (Polish abbr.: WRiOP) and at the same time as the manager of Mobile Art Exhibition and organizer of the Summer Institutes of Folk Arts at Żabie on Hucul region — 1938 and in Zakopane on Podhale region — 1939.

Waksmund

During the Second World War, on June 29th, 1943 the village was the site of one of the worst massacres carried out by the Nazi occupiers in the Podhale region, after the break-up of the Tatra Confederation revealed that many members of the resistance organization were from this village.

Władysław Orkan

He is known as one of the greatest Polish writers from Podhale region and Górale folk; most famous of his works portray the common people from that region.


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