General Juliusz Bijak
Warszawa. Not until today I discovered that behind the national museum to the Aleje Jerozolimskie the Polish military museum hides itself. That there in the green garden (if one may call this in such a way) tank, airplanes, helicopter and different archaisches, easier like heavier cannon drove. I am never so far those few step direction bridge gone, although I lived completely many years long here in he proximity, worked, thought, walked, for his part even for queue stood and this and the settled. Today I entered the museum on the search for general Bijak. On the search for its haven-guesses/advises, an oil picture painted by Jacek Malczewski. The woman at the cash pointed out me kindly that I inquire better first - there in the Zimmerchen directly opposite - whether this Ölgemälde is present in the museum, before I pay six Zloty for the entrance. And indeed. Is the picture not there. Not in this museum. And nobody knows, where it could be. Perhaps in Rogalin. The boss of the department of Ölgemälde, of on-duty responsible person by telephone into the Zimmerchen „directly opposite “called, means for which no entrance must be paid. Perhaps in Rogalin. There is the largest collection of Malczewskis paintings. I do not have notion, where Rogalin is. With Poznań, the oil picture woman explains without being asked. That create' I today in no more case… murmur I. And on-duty one receives by telephone the message, from someone invisible one from the underground courses of archives that in this museum nothing of general Bijak is present. Not the smallest trace. Yesterday I spent the six Zloty saved today in the centers military library on copies. For the most detailed article over general Bijak, which I could find so far. Ten sides, in the contradiction to all facts, which I already collected. But that is unimportant. It is many more important that the article shows also an illustration of the search. A reproduction of an old photo of the general. In uniform naturally. In the general collar. Quality very badly. In addition, nothing makes. This is the only photo at all - except the fear-exciting wording in oil of Malczewski - which I know. The only one perhaps, that exists. Who knows. In this photo Bijak looks anyhow finally like humans. And finally I understand, why Swiss Lina Bögli fell in love with him. Point. As soon as I am again in Krakau, I must formulate a written request, on insight into „the narrow personnel document “of the general Juliusz Bijak, which is in centers military archives in Rembertów. For a concrete date ask, and a Plätzchen in the read hall to reserve leave to me. Come again and then. As much this time in Warszawa clarified oneself.
