Poland in Ethiopia

THE TRUTH THAT MUST NOT DIE The President of Poland on the 75th Anniversary of Liberation of the Nazi German Death Camp KL Auschwitz

The fair was held in Addis Ababa on 16th of November 2019. European Universities, national educational promotion agencies, and European Embassies were informing Ethiopian students about their study programs, scholarship and research opportunities. Polish stand was among the most popular ones.

A reception for the Polish community was held on November 12th, 2019 at Ambassador’s residence. It gathered Poles working for international institutions, missionaries, entrepreneurs and artists.

Olga Tokarczuk, Polish writer and activist, won the Nobel Prize in Literature for “a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life.”

Eighty years ago, German aggression on Poland started the Second World War. In the early hours of 1 September 1939, troops of the German Reich crossed the Polish-German border. Polish Army put up military resistance and expected the Allies’ reaction. On 3 September 1939, France and the UK declared war on the German Reich but did not take any real military action. Poland’s tragic fate was sealed on 17 September 1939 when the Soviet Union launched the invasion of Poland from the East. The attack of the German Reich and the Soviet Union resulted from the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact signed by the two totalitarian regimes, a secret protocol to which effectively divided Central Europe into the so-called spheres of influence.

We will be collecting consular fees in US dollars only starting from November 1, 2021.

Representatives of the Ethiopian authorities, numerous members of local diplomatic corps (including the African Union and the UN), as well as representatives of local Polish community were among approximately 300 guests attending the reception organized by Ambassador Przemysław Bobak.