Wow Brodecki

He was born on April 20, 1942 in Uściług Wołyński.

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“A tall, slim and bearded Polish horseman wearing a uniform from the last war travels all over Europe to flower the famous places where the 1st Polish Armored Division of General Stanisław Maczek fought with poppies.

Such a person behaving anyway might seem a bit archaic, and the appearance of a cavalry officer, Włodzimierz Brodecki, seated on his horse, on the crowded thoroughfares is really surprising.

Meanwhile, about forty people - including the Polish chaplain, many Mayors and former combatants - gathered at the military cemetery d'Urville-Langannerie on Thursday around 11.00 to receive such an extraordinary rider of memory.

It must be said that the pious journey began much earlier and that already five years ago the same officer and on the same horse went to Italy near Monte Cassino, where poppies bloom profusely on the sites of bloody battles. This year's route began on July 29, 1989 in Krakow and ran through Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France to end on September 1 in Poland, where the anniversary of the start of the second world conflict will be celebrated. On Thursday, therefore, a short ceremony was held at the cemetery: the horseman came to pay homage in front of the mausoleum, on the threshold of which he placed a bouquet of poppies, having previously taken some earth from one of the graves to take it to a sacred place in Poland (the Garrison Church in Kielce).

Tomorrow will be Falaise, Chambois… 25000 km traveled across Europe by an extraordinary witness of Polish loyalty to the heroes who died in the war.”

JC

Le cavalier du souven. Ouest France, Falaise-Vire August 19/20, 1989 NO. 13624