Oriental Golgotha Foundation

The Oriental Golgotha Foundation (Polish: Fundacja „Golgota Wschodu”) is a Polish non-profit foundation with legal personality, seated in Warsaw. Its principal statutory purpose is to commemorate the victims of the Katyn massacre, the mass execution of Polish officers and civilians by the Soviet NKVD in 1940. The foundation was established in April 1999 by Rev. Zdzisław Peszkowski, who served as its long-time president until his death in 2007. It is a small, mission-driven organisation rather than a commercial enterprise, and it operates primarily in Poland. The foundation is best known for instituting the Medal of the Eastern Golgotha (Medal Golgoty Wschodu), an award conferred on individuals and institutions for their work in documenting and commemorating the Katyn crime. Recipients have included Pope John Paul II, Jerzy Buzek, Marek Jurek, Bishop Jerzy Mazur, and posthumously Filip Adwent and Andrzej Leszek Szcześniak. In 2006, in recognition of its services to the Polish capital, the foundation received the Award of the Capital City of Warsaw. From 2007 to 2010 the foundation was led by vice-president Teresa Walewska-Przyjałkowska, who died on 10 April 2010 in the crash of the Polish Tu-154 aircraft near Smolensk while travelling to ceremonies marking the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre. The foundation's seat was formerly at Dziekania Street 1 and is now at Kanonia Street 8, apartment 1, in Warsaw's Old Town. Its board has included Halina Kurpińska (vice-president), Marek Różycki, Anna Felicja Rastawicka, and Anna Teresa Pietraszek. The foundation maintains an official website at golgotawschodu.pl and is listed in the ngo.pl database of non-governmental organisations.

The Oriental Golgotha Foundation was founded in April 1999 by Rev. Zdzisław Peszkowski, a Polish Catholic priest and former prisoner of war who survived the Katyn massacres and devoted his later life to commemorating the victims. He served as the foundation's president until his death in 2007. The foundation was established with legal personality and a seat in Warsaw, initially at Dziekania Street 1, later moving to Kanonia Street 8, apartment 1. Its central mission has been to document and memorialise the Katyn massacre, in which the Soviet NKVD executed thousands of Polish officers, policemen, and civilians in 1940. To this end, the foundation instituted the Medal of the Eastern Golgotha (Medal Golgoty Wschodu), awarded to individuals and organisations for outstanding contributions to documenting and commemorating the crime. Among the honourees are Pope John Paul II, Jerzy Buzek, Marek Jurek, Bishop Jerzy Mazur, and posthumously Filip Adwent and Andrzej Leszek Szcześniak. In 2006, the foundation was honoured with the Award of the Capital City of Warsaw in recognition of its services to the Polish capital. After the death of its founder, the foundation was led from 2007 to 2010 by vice-president Teresa Walewska-Przyjałkowska. She died on 10 April 2010 in the crash of the Polish Tu-154 aircraft near Smolensk, while travelling to ceremonies marking the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre. The foundation continues its commemorative and educational work, maintaining an official website and a presence in the ngo.pl non-governmental organisation database. Its board has included Halina Kurpińska (vice-president), Marek Różycki, Anna Felicja Rastawicka, and Anna Teresa Pietraszek.

• 2010

  Vice-president Teresa Walewska-Przyjałkowska dies in the Smolensk air crash on 10 April.

• 2007

  Founder and president Rev. Zdzisław Peszkowski dies; Teresa Walewska-Przyjałkowska leads the foundation as vice-president.

• 2006

  Awarded the Award of the Capital City of Warsaw.

• 1999

  Foundation established in April by Rev. Zdzisław Peszkowski.

A commemorative and educational non-profit foundation dedicated to preserving the memory of the Katyn massacre.

1. 1Fundacja „Golgota Wschodu” – Wikipedia (Polish)pl.wikipedia.org
2. 2Wikidata Q11699025wikidata.org
3. 3Official websitegolgotawschodu.pl
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