That's how I remember it/ Ewa Kulik-Bielińska

Her last year's subjective tour of the permanent exhibition, organized as part of the anniversaries of December 1970 and 1980, tested our limits for a group of people. Nearly 50 people took part in the tour. Not surprisingly, she is an excellent speaker, and her opposition experiences extend practically to the entire space of the exhibition — Ewa Kulik-Bielińska.

Ewa Kulik-Bielińska is a journalist, translator of fine literature, an activist of the democratic opposition in the times of the People's Republic of Poland. In the 1970s, she was associated with the community of the Student Solidarity Committee in Krakow. Co-founder and spokesperson of SKS. Editor and author of the independent magazine “Index”. She co-organized a network of second-cycle publications, a library of independent publications and lectures of the Flying University. In August 1980, after the arrest of Jack Kuronia, she ran an opposition information centre in his apartment, relaying news of strikes and the situation in the country to Western news agencies, the BBC and Radio Free Europe. After the establishment of the NSZZ “Solidarność”, she edited the newsletters of the Mazovia Region and participated in the construction of independent press structures of the association. After the introduction of martial law, she hid and co-organized the underground structures of the NSZZ “Solidarność”, including organizational and communication facilities for activists in the country. She was one of the leading collaborators of the Mazowsze Regional Executive Commission (1982—1986), and co-created — together with Zbigniew Bujak and Helena Łuczywo — national underground coordination structures. In 1986, she was arrested, then released under an amnesty. After 1989, she was associated with the Batory Foundation, where she was involved in supporting civil society and the development of non-governmental organizations.

We invite the creators of Polish freedom continuously for 11 years to share memories, emotions and anecdotes at the permanent exhibition ECS. Each walk is different, individual, subjective. They are very popular among visitors. Each time, the energy accumulates in an astonishing way: the exposition becomes almost a theatrical scenography for a story, and memories make it come to life and take on a new expression.

“Every day we learn history from objective sources — textbooks, encyclopedias, we listen to the stories of guides, experts and historians. The more objective, the better — says Adam Czubaszek from the ECS Exhibition Department, head of the subjective walks project. — However, if someone talks about events in which they participated, it will always be a subjective story and in this case it is an added value. We ask our guides to recall anecdotes, dialogues and emotions. It is this aspect that makes subjective walks so highly appreciated by our guests.

We guarantee a visit in an intimate group, exciting stories and the opportunity to talk with a guide.

The meeting with Ewa Kulik-Bielińska is the last walk in the series Yes I Remember 2026 edition. In December, we invite you to the anniversary subjective walks organized as part of the anniversary of GDAŃSK MEMYTA.

place | Gdańsk, Plac Solidarność 1 collection | ECS, vis-à-vis ticket offices (ground floor) time | approx. 120 minutes place | ECS, exhibition fixed admission | ticket for PLN 18