Notre école (Our School)
"An essential complement to Des Résistants polonais en Vercors, which tells the general story of the high school, Notre école is a collection of the memories of former pupils and teachers, and two native Villardians who experienced these events at first hand. Notre école not only describes life at the Polish high school, but also what the residents of the Hôtel du Parc et du Château experienced before and after their stay in Villard.
Notre école (Our School)
Publications • 2017
Many of the texts were collected in 1998 at one of the reunions organised by alumni living in Poland, in a collection entitled Nasza Szkola (Our School). Other texts were added to Nasza Szkola: letters, interviews, speeches. Adam Skinder's memoirs, published in Poland in 1978 under the title Moj Villard-de-Lans (My Villard-de-Lans), were also included.
As far as possible, the texts are presented in the order in which their authors arrived at the high school. However, Wacław Godlewski's speech, delivered in 1976, has been placed at the very beginning of the book, as it gives an excellent and passionate summary of what made this school “unlike any other”. Adam Skinder's text – a book in itself! – has been placed at the end, even though Skinder was one of the first students to arrive.
An afterword summarises the history and work of our association.
Published by the association - 476 pages, 68 photos - On sale at the Maison du Patrimoine in Villard-de-Lans and from our association - €19 plus postage.