In Kashubia, people of merit to the region were given the honorary title of “King of Kashubians.” Two of them, well-known Kashubian activist Antoni Abraham (1969-1923) and “Solidarity” chaplain Father Hilary Jastak (1914-2000), lived and were buried in Gdynia.
The person of Antoni Abraham,despite the fact that he lived only less than three years of his life (1920-1923) in Gdynia, is closely associated with this city. While he was still alive, he became a symbol of the steadfast fight for the Polishness of Kashubia. All this made him a delegate of Pomeranians to the Versailles peace conference.
More than twenty years after Abraham’s death, Father Hilary Jastak, first director of the “Caritas” in Gdynia, then parish priest and builder of the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, became permanently connected with Gdynia.
The presentation will be prepared and a lecture devoted to these two distinguished figures will be given by Dariusz Malszycki, an employee of the Gdynia City Museum with almost thirty years of experience. He is the author of articles and scientific and popular science works on the history of Gdynia and the surrounding area.
photo unknown, 1923, ref. Rfot/II/520
