On Wednesday, January 15, we gave a sad news about the death of long-term president of the “Gazeta Polska” Clubs Ryszard Kapuściński.
The editor-in-chief of “Gazeta Polska” Tomasz Sakiewicz, published an article with individual memories of Ryszard Kapuściński in the weekend edition of “Gazeta Polska Daily”.
Below is an article in its entirety.
I don't remember precisely our first meetings. Most likely it was an old Kraków restaurant Pod Gruszka, where the Krakow club “Gazety” started hosting 20 years ago Polish’. Very calm, hidden behind glasses and almost always in the fangs of cigaret smoke – a Krakow patriot businessman.
Nobody He doesn't know precisely how Richard got to the club. Many point to invitation from already deceased KPN activist Ryszard Gitis (later my father-in-law). There was nothing different about it – then Krakow club was simply a group of people representing activists the erstwhile underground of solidarity and independence. Under this to the dominant group of club members was akin to those who They formed most of the clubs formed 2 decades ago. Richard He saw large possible in these people. He offered me an introduction. a certain corporate framework to make the full social movement.
“Gazeta Polish” Clubs was his work
Clubs weren't the fresh idea. They first appeared in the 1990s. After a fewer years, the deficiency of a appropriate expression and an thought turn, which was done by the then management of the editorial board of “Gazeta Polska”, caused this movement to expire. erstwhile I took over the management of the editorial board in 2005, I decided to recreate the movement of the clubs, but this time it had to succeed, the 3rd chance would not be given to us. The condition was to find the right leader. Richard was not a charismatic speaker, nor did he look like a strong personality at first glance. His strength came entirely from something else: his ability to talk and convince people. Closest associates say he never raised his voice. But it wasn't different that he called people at 3:00 in the morning. He worked all the time, which in the case of tens, and then hundreds of clubs turned out to be saving. We had to reconcile conflicting rations, knowing human aspirations and weaknesses.
The clubs gained numbering, website, office, The foundation, and yet implemented the club card. Reconciliation international corporations with freedom of movement and emotions typical for tiny communities was an evenement not only on the scale of Poland, But everywhere in the planet where they worked. After a fewer years about clubs began to make dozens of press articles and technological papers. In 2015, Grzegorz Schetyna admitted that PO had lost power due to the fact that it did not She had her clubs. Then they even tried to imitate it. no of it. It worked out. It didn't work out because, among another things, they lacked individual like Ryszard Kapuściński.
The Law and Justice was as harsh a test as the club activity at the time erstwhile the party Jarosław Kaczyński was in opposition. First, we're out of charm. being a contester. Secondly, cyclicalism and its tools power, could have caused the clubs to begin to flow completely different People. That would be lethal for this movement. Richard knew he had to have good relations with politicians on which most club members She voted, but at the same time kept a strong distance. And it worked. Clubs They found their place in a fresh reality. Its heat personality, Krakow culture, additionally filled with respect for The another man, they helped solve the most hard cases.
He has always supported the free media environment
He started getting sick a fewer years ago. First, his wellness prevented him from leaving together. The clubs were connected on Skype. Then it's just by phone. As long as he could compose lyrics, he dictated. He was aware of everything, although the illness from period to period took distant his ability to act. His closest associates mention that even in the hospital, he wished to bring him a computer, due to the fact that that's how he could watch the Republic.
He lived through and tried to participate in everything that afraid our environment. He must have virtually remembered thousands of people. This work required absolute sacrifice to the end. His actions were frequently hard to announcement due to the fact that talking to 1 man is not as visible as a press interview. And yet he was the 1 who built the human base for the media of the full Free Word Zone. Without it, it would be harder for them to grow their wings and even the Republic would not have specified conditions for instant success. Our improvement is the best memorial to Ryszard Kapuściński, co-founder of the largest social movement in Europe.
