Poland in Saudi Arabia

The Polish Consul and representatives of Poland participated in a symposium on the development of the capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia organized by the Royal Commission for Riyadh City (RCRC).

On November 7th in Jeddah celebrations on the occasion of the Polish National Independence Day took place. In cooperation with the Honorary Consul of Poland in Jeddah, a solo violin recital by Polish artist was performed, as well as the exhibition about famous Poles was shown.

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.”

As part of the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War, an exhibition showing the fighting and suffering of the Polish nation in 1939-1945 was presented in the residence of the Polish Ambassador.

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.