Poland in Tanzania

The 20th century brought the world inconceivable suffering and the deaths of hundreds of millions in the name of twisted, totalitarian ideologies. The death toll of Nazism, fascism and communism is obvious for people of our generation. It is also obvious who is responsible for those crimes and whose pact started World War II - the most murderous conflict in the history of humankind.

On December 10, 2019, Ambassador Krzysztof Buzalski received the Amicus Oeconomiae award from the Minister of Foreign Affairs Jacek Czaputowicz for his special contribution to the promotion of the Polish economy and support for Polish business on foreign markets.

The conference organized on December 10, 2019 by the Polish Institute of International Affairs, in which Ambassador Krzysztof Buzalski took part, was devoted to the history of the Ethiopian-Eritrean conflict and prospects for the normalization of cooperation between these two countries.

For the third time in a row, the Polish Embassy in Dar es Salaam has organized a gathering for the Polish community in Stone Town on December 5, 2019.

Polish history and Poland's economic success, as well as the implementation of joint Polish-Tanzanian projects in the agriculture and water sectors were the main topics of the speech of Ambassador Krzysztof Buzalski during the celebration of the 101st anniversary of regaining independence organized by the Polish Embassy in Dar es Salaam.

On 22-26 October 2019 Ambassador Buzalski took part in the inauguration of development cooperation projects focused on supporting milk production, creating jobs for young people and providing educational opportunities for children from rural areas in Tanzania.

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.