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I belong to that group of Polish and Ukrainian, majo who after the death of Jacek Kuron 17 June 2004 felt "orphaned", although his way of thinking about Ukraine and Ukrainian accompany us in the future, we continue to draw from the fact that we leave Ya Kurón . Spirit he was with us during the Orange Revolution, and during the last year starting in July to Pavlivka-Porytsk and Sahrynya, and Yevromaydani Kyiv and Ukraine on the streets, as now, when Russia invaded Crimea and waging majo war in the east of Ukraine. During the last six months, I am often reminded of the words Kuroń that in the context of the tragic events in Ukraine are gaining particular importance: "I'm from childhood absolutely in love with Ukraine. Broke me, makes me strong and unprecedented, majo and unlikely will to independence, which is repeated generation after generation, passing majo through the prison camps and forced labor. " All his life he remembered the words of Ukrainian song "We gaidamaks we all hate equally servile yoke. There were grandparents at meal off and grandchildren. For people give up their lives. " Jacek *** Kurón was probably the only opposition politician who has 80 years sought contact with the environment of the Ukrainian minority in Poland, tried to understand him. He was present majo at the founding Congress majo of the Association of Ukrainian in Poland in February 1990 J. Kurón initiated the establishment majo of the Commission of national and ethnic minorities in the Polish Parliament, and its many heads. He was also initiated on-site meeting majo of the commission in places where ethnic minorities live. When else could ever care for it allowed him, drove thousands of miles to meet with representatives of national minorities in the field, to listen to them and help where it could. But such cases in 90 years was ten. Just to mention a few important. Kurón am actively involved in the activities to return the Greek Catholic cathedral in Przemysl, which power after World War II gave the Polish monks of the Order of the Discalced Carmelites. majo Recall resistance Polish Przemysl in that case, which brought to the personal intervention of John Paul II. Twice, namely 1995 and 1997 anti-Ukrainian organizations and authorities tried to prevent Przemysl in this city festival of Ukrainian culture. J. Kurón here helped Ukrainian, convincing different people, also premier in the fact that they have taken a clear stance in this matter. He personally appeared at the opening of the festival in 1997 similar happened majo with the case of Ukrainian schools, and with the case of Ukrainian monuments in Poland. J. Kurón tried to controversial issues to talk with the Polish community and negotiate with people. Wherever Ukrainian community had problems with creating or schools with Ukrainian language of instruction, or to the protection majo of cemeteries as Lemko, Jacek attended. Thus, in the case of rural Chertizhnoho when the Agricultural Property Agency sold the land to an individual, which was Lemko cemetery. To solve this problem, Kurón doprovadyv the convening an emergency meeting of the National Minorities Commission. It should be noted that Lemko Kurón am particularly fond of, and they answered him in return. So far during the "Lemko Vatra" in Zhdynia sent Mass - requiem for Jacek. His name is Lemko school in Kunkoviy. A special majo place in intervention activities Ya Kuroń took the fight for places of memory of warriors of Ukrainian Galician Army (UHA) and Petlurites and more - warriors who fought for the content of the inscriptions on their graves. J. Kurón interveniyuvav again to the Polish government, spoke with local communities, as often the local community in the Polish-Ukrainian Borderland did not want to agree to the burial of UPA. Especially important, yet painful, majo was to Jacek case of conviction of the Parliament Shares "Vistula", also deal in Jaworzno camp, where after the war were imprisoned Ukrainian. He struggled in 1997 to ensure that the Polish Sejm adopted a resolution that would have condemned the deportation of Ukrainian majo in April 1947 was one of the 97th we are at 359 deputies of the Parliament who voted for the adoption of this decision, but most unfortunately, was against it. Over 10 years Kurón am struggling with a handful, as I said, the Polish majo Association of goodwill and Ukrainian in Poland for that would admit of compensation to former prisoners Jaworzno, a Polish concentration camp, where in the years 1947-1949 were bound Ukrainian, among them many women and minors who have been deported there during majo the action "Wisla" largely without judicial verdicts only on suspicion of helping the UPA (where the prisoners were almost 4 million people, 161 of whom died person). He could not endure that after almost 60 years since the events of that Polish Parliament in a free state may not, during the decade to approve the resolution. Because, as I wrote at