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Cristina González Caizán
La participación polaca en la Guerra de la Independencia española dejó una profunda huella en la memoria nacional del pueblo polaco. Cerca de 20.000 hombres entre oficiales y soldados llegaron entre 1808 y 1809 a España convencidos de que luchaban por una causa justa, la causa de su libertad e independencia perdida tras los repartos de 1772-1795. Muy pronto se dieron cuenta de que combatían contra un pueblo que defendía exactamente esos mismos valores. Las memorias escritas o contadas por sus combatientes, adaptadas después por la literatura, la pintura e incluso la música, contribuyeron a forjar en generaciones de polacos un ideal de lucha a lo largo de todo el siglo XIX, con el recuerdo de los acontecimientos vividos en la Guerra Peninsular.
Participation of Poles in the Spanish War of Independence left a deep mark on the national memory of the Polish people. Almost 20,000 men �officers and soldiers� arrived in Spain between 1808 and 1809, convinced that they were fighting for a just cause, the cause of their freedom and independence lost after the partitions taking place from 1772 to 1795. Very soon they realized that they were fighting against people defending these very same values. The memoirs written or told by the combatants, adapted afterwards by literature, painting and even music, contributed to forging in many generations of Poles an ideal of the struggle throughout the 19th century, with the remembrance of the events experienced during the Peninsular War.
