On 16 September, the Lower Silesian Film Centre in Wrocław hosted a special screening of the documentary 'Invaders Despite Their Will. Polish participation in the invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968'.
The screening was combined with a meeting with the filmmakers and witnesses of the time - soldiers who took part in the invasion. Together with students from Secondary School No. XIII in Wrocław the film was watched by the protagonists of the film: Tadeusz Oratowski and Henryk Wrona, as well as Markéta Bernatt-Reszczyńska - the author of the documentary.
The screening was followed by a discussion which involved not only the memories of the witnesses of history, but also a broader reflection on historical memory.
The film is based on interviews with witnesses of time: Polish soldiers who took part in the intervention of the Warsaw Pact troops in Czechoslovakia in August 1968, and Czechs who watched their dreams of building socialism with a human face fall. It tells about the way Poles perceived their participation in the military intervention and about the reactions of the Czechs.
The film was prepared by the Czech organization Post Bellum, in cooperation with the Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe, as part of the project "Together across the borders of totalitarian systems" (Společně mezi hranicemi totalitních system), co-financed by the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
