User:Wklta/Maciej Klich

Maciej Klich (Mattias Jan-Maria) is a Polish historian, graphic artist, and independence Polish diaspora campaigner who was born on February 28th in Krakow.

Personal life
Antoni Stanisaw and Olga Wiktorii's son, from the Ozga family. Adam Klich's nephew and Bogdan's cousin. Mattias Jr., Matteus, and Wojtek Maximilian are his children. Maciej Klich currently lives in Stockholm.

Early Life
Graduated High School nr. 1. Nicolaus Copernicus in Katowice. From 1976-1977 he studied at the Faculty of Metallurgy of the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow. In the years 1977–1981 he studied at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Silesia in Katowice, and in the years 1981–1984 at the Faculty of Architecture of the Silesian University of Technology.

Activity
From 1977 to 1980 he was an associate Movement for Defense of Human and Civic Rights (MfDoHaC) in Krakow. In 1980 he co-founded Independent Students' Association (ISA) in Silesia. Chairman and vice-chairman of TKZ ISA at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Silesia. In the years 1980–1981 he was secretary of the Regional Coordination Committee (RKK) of the Independent Students' Association University of Upper Silesia and the Inter-faculty Coordination Committee of the ISA University of Silesia. In 1981, he became the chairman of the University Audit Committee (UKR) of the ISA University of Silesia and the Departmental Audit Committee (WKR) of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Silesia. He was a co-founder of the Intercollegiate Committee for the Defense of Prisoners for Beliefs (ICftDoP) in Silesia (1981). From 1981, a member of the Confederation of Independent Poland (KPN).

He was interned from December 24, 1981 to July 23, 1982 (KWMO Katowice, Jastrzębie-Szeroka, Uherce, Rzeszów-Załęże, Nowy Łupków). He made about 70 stamps in the internment camps as part of the so-called camp mail. After his release, he was active in the underground Solidarity, incl. as part of the structures of the MOC (Municipal Resistance Committees), he distributed and was the editor of the underground press and the radio station "Solidarność". He participated in the underground structures of the ISA.

In the years 1980–1984 he created graphic forms for the use of trade union and independence organizations from Upper Silesia (including posters, leaflets, signs, illustrations for magazines, stamps).

Stamps and camp stamps were issued, among others, at shows: in Chicago 1983; Stockholm 1986; Beyond Censorship - Post Office for Internees 1981–1982, Zabrze 1990; in Ratingen, Rhineland (Germany), 2001; Jastrzębie Zdrój - exhibition "City under special supervision: Jastrzębie Zdrój during martial law", 2006/2007; Jasło 2008 and Rapperswil 2009.

Emigation to Sweden
He went to Sweden in 1984, compelled to flee due to a "one-way passport." He was one of the organizers of help for persecuted Solidarity and ISA members from Upper Silesia as part of the so-called "Contribution of Górnolska" from 1985 to 1989. He facilitated the transport of medical equipment as part of "medical aid" for Poland from 1986 to 1994. He was involved in the transportation and distribution of publications and books that were prohibited in Poland from 1986 to 1989.

In the years 1995–1998 he organized, together with the troop and sponsored the Christmas drawing competition. In the years 1994–1998 he sponsored help for Polish children from Lithuania at the International Summer Camps. From 1997 to 1999 he supported the Concerts of Classical Music "Children-Children", and from 2000 to 2014 he was the official sponsor of the Concerts. Every year he supported and sponsored the International Scout Integration Camps in the years 1992–2001. In the years 1990–1996 he was an associate of the Swedish-Polish Environmental association and a graphic editor of the "The environmental connection" magazine. Sponsor of many Polish diaspora initiatives in Stockholm, including the construction of the Katyn Monument.

he is a member of the Association of the Repressed in Martial Law. Has been recognized by Institute of National Remembrance for being a victim and repressed during the Polish People's Republic and investigated by the security services of the People's Republic of Poland during 1980–1983.

Badges

 * 2000 - Sliver Merit Cross, for scouting activity,


 * 2005 - Golden Merit Cross, for overall social activity,


 * 2011 - Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland,


 * 2016 - the cross of Freedom and Solidarity,


 * 2018 - Honorary badge "For contributions to independence 1956-1989" granted by the Chief's decision Office for Veterans and Victims of Oppression on the basis of confirmation of the status of an anti-communist opposition activist and a person repressed for political reasons,,


 * 2020 - Medal "Pro Party" for special services in cultivating the historical memory of the Republic of Poland.

Awards

 * "Special Award" of the Award Committee of the Polish Diaspora "Poloniki", awarded by New Polish Newspaper

Books

 * 2018 - „Niepokorny, History from years 1976-1989, Institute of National Remembrance, Warsaw-Katowice 2018.
 * 2021 - „Upadła nadzieja, The genesis of the martial law of December 13, 1981”, Polonica Publishing House, Stockholm 2021.

Publicity

 * 2018 - "Reflections on contemporary Poland", Nowa Gazeta Polska, Stockholm No. 2 (409), January 28, 2018 (part 1), No. 3 (410) February 11, 2018 (part 2), No. 4 (411) February 25, 2018 ( part 3) (NGP, ISSN 1103-3339),
 * 2021 - "Martial law, December 13, 1989, genesis", Nowa Gazeta Polska, Stockholm No. 18 (494), 10.10.2021 (part 1), No. 21 (497) November 21, 2021 (part 2), No. 22 (498) 12/05/2021 (part 3) (NGP, ISSN 1103-3339),


 * 2022 - "Students 1981. Memories of the student strike at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Silesia and the introduction of martial law", "CzasyPismo" No. 2 (20) / 2021, "CzasyPismo about the history of Upper Silesia" 2 (20) / 2021, IPN Katowice 2022, p. 186, ISSN 2299-2812

Interviews

 * 2006 - Dana Platter - "Maciej Klich's adventure with the opposition", Relations, Stockholm No. 12-2006 (84) (Accounts, ISSN 1100-4487),
 * 2019 - Tadeusz Nowakowski - "What used to connect us, connects us today", "Nowa Gazeta Polska", Stockholm No. 14 (444), 18.08.2019 (NGP, ISSN 1103-3339),

Buisness Work

 * 1988-2021 - advertising and graphic company "MJK Grafik Reklam" (Managing Director),


 * 1998–2012 - "EMICO Computers" (Business Owner) computer company
 * 2010-present - Consular Section of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Stockholm.