Poland's Wedding to the Sea
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Poland's Wedding to the Sea was a ceremony meant to symbolize restored Polish access to the Baltic Sea that was lost in 1793 by the Partitions of Poland. It was first performed on 10 February 1920 by
Memorial to the 1945 Wedding in Mrzeżyno
Site of the 1920 Wedding in Puck – Kashubia
Poland's Wedding to the Sea by Wojciech Kossak. Painting of the 1920 ceremony in Puck
The flag marks the site of the 1945 Wedding in Kołobrzeg
Józef Haller
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Józef Haller von Hallenburg was a Polish lieutenant general and legionary in the Polish Legions during the First World War. He was a harcmistrz, the president of the Polish Scouting and Guiding Associ
Poland's Wedding to the Sea
…restored Polish access to the Baltic Sea that was lost in 1793 by the Partitions of Poland. It was first performed on 10 February 1920 by General Józef Haller at Puck. In the early spring of 1945, following the Polish-Soviet advance into Pomerania, a number of such ceremonies took place in several locations…
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Józef Haller's house in Władysławowo
Haller in a Polish uniform
Józef Haller in an undated photo