• “Katyń”

    All welcome next Monday 16/09/2013  19:00 to see  ”Katyń,, movie.   Katyń (Polish pronunciation: [ˈkatɨɲ]) is a 2007 Polish film about the 1940 Katyn massacre, directed by Academy Honorary Award winner Andrzej Wajda. It is based on the book Post Mortem: The Story of Katyn by Andrzej Mularczyk. It was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film for the 80th Academy Awards. The Katyn massacre, also known as the zbrodnia katyńska (‘Katyń crime’), was a mass execution of Polish POW officers and citizens ordered by the Soviet authorities in 1940. The most widely accepted estimate of the number of dead is about 22,000. The victims were murdered in the Katyn forest,…

  • To sponsors of Children’s Day

    Dear All, Thanks to your generosity Oxford Polish Association was able to organise Children’s Day for the third time. The event would not happen without people like you who donated money, sweets and distributed fliers. We would like to thank   European Electronique who supported OPA yet again! http://www.euroele.com   We would like to thank firms who donated awards; Michal from Balbinka shop in Didcot, http://www.balbinka.co.uk/   Grazyna from DJ Finance,   Jacek from North Hinksey Garage,   Cyprian from mini market Cudo https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cudo-Polski-Mini-Market/294771390555752    and Polish bakery Monica for all the lovely break and hand made ginger bread http://www.polishbakerymonica.co.uk/   and many other private individuals who supported and assisted…