Nominate a candidate for the BohaterONy 2020 Award named after Warsaw Insurgents
For only two weeks left – until August 31st – you can nominate candidates for the BohaterONy 2020 Award named after the Warsaw Insurgents – an initiative implemented as part of the 5th edition of the nationwide BohaterON – turn on history! . The organizers are looking for companies, institutions, teachers, journalists, enthusiasts, non-governmental organizations, and public figures – all those who actively promoted knowledge of 20th-century Polish history and historical and patriotic education from January 1, 2019, to July 31, 2020. The winners will be selected by the Award Committee, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Prof. Piotr Gliński, and internet users.
The 2020 BohaterONy Award recognizes individuals, companies, and institutions whose activities have particularly promoted knowledge of Polish history from 1918–1989 and historical and patriotic education from January 1, 2019, to July 31, 2020. Winners in each of the seven categories – institution, company, teacher, public figure, non-profit organization, enthusiast, and journalist – will be selected by an Award Committee composed of representatives of the Polish government, veterans' groups, historians, and ambassadors of the BohaterON – Turn on History! . Based on the votes cast, Gold, Silver, and Bronze BohaterONy Awards will be awarded.
Internet users will also participate in the selection of winners by voting via the website www.BohaterON.pl, awarding the Golden BohaterON to the Audience in each category.
Any adult can nominate a candidate for the award. Simply complete the form available on the campaign website and send a scan of it, along with the candidate's consent, to rezerw@bohateron.pl . The organizers are accepting applications from August 1st to 31st.
After August 31st, the Award Organizing Committee will select five nominees in each category. The nominations will then be forwarded to the 2019 BohaterONy Award Committee, which, under the chairmanship of Vice-President of the Council of Ministers, Professor Piotr Gliński, will award the Gold, Silver, and Bronze BohaterONy Awards.
Later, from September 14th to October 14th, you'll be able to vote for your favorite nominee at www.BohaterON.pl . Each voter can vote once per day for one nominee in each category. The nominees who receive the most votes in their category will be awarded the Golden HeroON Audience Award.
The results will be announced and the statuettes will be awarded during a gala ceremony to be held in October in Warsaw.
Well-known Polish actors joined the campaign's promotion: Magdalena Różczka, Agnieszka Więdłocha, Antoni Pawlicki, Maciej Zakościelny, Maciej Musiał, Olga Bołądź, Karolina Gorczyca, Katarzyna Bujakiewicz, Małgorzata Kożuchowska, and Michał Czernecki. They all appeared in a promotional video.
The spot's narrator is Małgorzata Kożuchowska, who this year joined the group of campaign Ambassadors and became a Member of the Chapter of the BohaterONy 2020 Award named after the Warsaw Insurgents.
The Strategic Partners of the 5th edition of the project are: PKN ORLEN and POLREGIO. Partners include: the Warsaw Uprising Museum, the Museum of the Second World War, the Institute of National Remembrance, the National Bank of Poland, the PZU Foundation, the Polish Post, Totalizator Sportowy – owner of the LOTTO brand, LOT Polish Airlines, PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna, PGNiG, the PWPW Foundation, Platige Image, the Columbus Generation Foundation, Polish Radio, Polish Television SA, the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, and the National Centre for Culture.
The following persons have agreed to participate in the Honorary Committee of the project: Mr. Mateusz Morawiecki, Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland; Mr. Piotr Gliński, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Culture and National Heritage; Mr. Jacek Sasin, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of State Assets; Mr. Wojciech Murdzek, Minister of Science and Higher Education; Mr. Mariusz Błaszczak, Minister of National Defence; Mr. Jacek Czaputowicz, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Ms. Marlena Maląg, Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy; Mr. Dariusz Piontkowski, Minister of National Education; Mr. Jan Józef Kasprzyk, Head of the Office for War Veterans and Victims of Oppression; Mr. Paweł Pietrzyk, General Director of the State Archives; Mr. Tadeusz Krawczak, Director of the Archives of Modern Records; Mr. Jan Ołdakowski, Director of the Warsaw Uprising Museum; Mr. Karol Nawrocki, Director of the Museum of the Second World War; Mr. Robert Kostro, Director of the Polish History Museum; Mr Paweł Żurkowski, Director of the Polish Army Museum; Mr Paweł Pawłowski, Director of the Air Force Museum in Dęblin; Mr Leszek Żukowski, President of the Management Board of the World Association of Home Army Soldiers.
The Chapter of the BohaterONy 2019 Award named after Warsaw Insurgents included: Hanna Stadnik, codename “Hanka”, medic in the Warsaw Uprising, Vice President of the World Association of Home Army Soldiers; Władysław Rosiński, codename “Zapałka”, rifleman in the Warsaw Uprising; Piotr Gliński, Chairman of the Award Chapter, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Culture and National Heritage; Jacek Sasin, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of State Assets; Dariusz Piontkowski, Minister of National Education; Jan Józef Kasprzyk, Head of the Office for Veterans and Victims of Oppression; Jarosław Szarek, President of the Institute of National Remembrance; Piotr Legutko, Director of TVP Historia on behalf of Mr. Maciej Łopiński, acting President of the Management Board of Telewizja Polska; Agnieszka Kamińska, President of the Management Board of Polish Radio; Karol Żbikowski, President of the Management Board of Platige Image; Anna Jakubowski, General Director of Avon for Poland and the Baltic States, member of IAA Poland; Jan Kowalski, Director of the “Niepodległa” Programme Office; Rafał Wiśniewski, Director of the National Centre for Culture; Wojciech Kaczmarczyk, Director of the National Institute of Freedom; Wojciech Roszkowski, author of publications on the history of Poland in the 20th and 21st centuries, professor of humanities; Tomasz Okoń, originator and author of the “History without censorship” programme; Magdalena Różczka, actress, ambassador of the BohaterON – turn on history! campaign; Agnieszka Więdłocha, actress, ambassador of the BohaterON – turn on history! campaign; Antoni Pawlicki, actor, ambassador of the BohaterON – turn on history! campaign; Maciej Zakościelny, actor, ambassador of the BohaterON – turn on history! campaign; Maciej Musiał, actor, ambassador of the BohaterON – turn on history! campaign; Olga Bołądź, actress, ambassador of the BohaterON – turn on history! campaign; Katarzyna Bujakiewicz, actress, ambassador of the BohaterON – turn on history! campaign; Karolina Gorczyca, actress, ambassador of the BohaterON campaign – turn on the story!; Małgorzata Kożuchowska, actress, ambassador of the BohaterON campaign – turn on the story!; Michał Czernecki, actor, ambassador of the BohaterON campaign – turn on the story!.
More information about the campaign is available at: www.BohaterON.pl .