- The Old Pupils'
Association - Villard-de-Lans
and Poland
et la Pologne - The Polish High School
and the Heritage Centre
- Franciszka Hynko-Berard
- Ernest Berger
- Wanda Delingier-Devillers
- Devillers-Berger
- Krystyna Kamieniak-Fassina
- Helena Gawlowska
- Suzette Guichard
- Krystyna Gryczka-Haon
- Ferdynant Kraczkowski
- Henryk Krystanek
- Janina Lamenta-Liber
- Zofia Lukasiewicz
- Marcel Malbos
- Edward Michalak
- Mrozik-Bernis
- Maria Orzechowska/Orliac
- Andrej Pogorzelski
- Edward Renn
- Jozefa Gigon-Roszkiewicz
- Tadeusz Solyga
- Henryk Soszko
- Zofia Swiadkowska-Sowinska
- Henryk Zdziarski
News
An update on the Polish High School’s news
Maison du Patrimoine ā€“ Villard-de-Lans
Permanent exhibit
February 2022
Latest update and Greetings here.
January 2021
Latest update and Greetings here.
January 2020
Latest update and Greetings here.
January 2019
Latest update and Greetings here.
January 2018
Latest update and Greetings here.
December 2016
Latest update and Greetings here.
September 2016
Plenary convocation (in English, French and Polish) and report (French).
December 2015
Latest update and Greetings here.
September 2015
Plenary convocation (in English, French and Polish) and report (French).
December 2014
Latest update and Greetings here.
September 2014
Plenary convocation (in English, French and Polish) and report (French).
December 2013
Latest update and Greetings (in English, French and Polish).
September 2013
Plenary convocation (in English, French and Polish) and report (French).
December 2012
Latest update and Greetings.
September 2012
Plenary convocation (in English, French and Polish) and report (French)
December 2011
Latest update and Greetings here.
August 2011
Plenary convocation (in English, French and Polish) here.
December 2011
Latest update and Greetings here.
August 2011
Plenary convocation (in English, French and Polish) here.
Our new statutes here.
December 2010
Latest update and Greetings here.
October 2010
Our General Assembly Report here.
June 2010
Latest update and Plenary convocation (in English, French and Polish) here.
December 2009
Latest update and Greetings (in English, French and Polish) here.
October 2009
Our annual get-together took place last September. The report (in French and Polish) here.
We are taking part in Villard-de-Lans to the "Variations polonaises en Vercors". The program (in French) here.
November 2008
Our annual get-together took place on the last weekend of August. As usual, on the Saturday, a wreath was laid on the Poles’ Tomb in the Villard-de-Lans graveyard and the General Meeting was held, followed by mass, a cocktail reception and evening dinner; on the Sunday, we congregated at the 7th Station of the Valchevrière Way of the Cross.
The General Meeting approved our current projects. Now we need to get the work done, which of course is the hardest part!
July 2008
A number of subsidies were granted, enabling us to go ahead with several projects at the same time:
- Translation of the following works: Wolna Szkola Polska, by Tadeusz Lepkowski; Moj Villard-de-Lans, by Adam Skinder; Goscie Hotelu Du Parc, by Karo Obidniak and Jozef Wedrychowski; Villardczyk, by Henryk Grabowski. Some translations have been completed while others are under way. Still to do: page layout and publication.
- Digitalisation of Ewa Cendrowska’s film: Retour au Vercors (Back to the Vercors).
- Translation of this website into Polish and English.
- Digitalisation of our archives before donating them to the Isere Departmental Archives Service.
In addition, all available photos have now been digitalised and are on display on this website (Photo Library section). Please contact us to request the necessary authorisation if you wish to download them for publishing purposes.
Other project: repairs to the tomb for the Poles buried in the Villard-de-Lans graveyard.
The Association’s next General Meeting will be held on 30 and 31 August in Villard-de-Lans.
Finally, Ewa Valentin-Staczek’s book,”Villardczycy”, has been translated and privately printed under the title “Les Villardiens”, and is available through us. (565 pages. Contains more than 400 photos and reproductions of documents. Historical reminders and biographies of around 300 pupils and teachers).
January 2007
- Completion of the Polish High School’s website. Officially on-line at the beginning of February.
- A number of projects in the pipeline, including digitalising Ewa Cendrowska’s film, “Back to the Vercors” on DVD and the publication of several books...
- A number of books have been published in Polish, but none in French. We feel it is very important to translate and publish books considered essential and that give an overview of what the Polish High School was like. These include…
Wolna Szkola Polska
Tadeuz Lepkowski: the historical “bible”.
Goscie z Hotelu du Parc
Carol Obidiniak and Joseph Wedrychowszi: a play telling about life at the school.
Moj Villard de Lans
Adam Skinder: a collection of anecdotes about the school.
Villardczycy
Ewa Valentin-Staczek: biography of some of the school’s pupils and teachers.
W Tym Parku I W Tym Hotelu
Ewa and Yvonki Valentin: personal recollections of the Polish High School years.