Poland, patriotism, remembrance - 13 December 1981 Fr Ireneusz Skubis 13 December 1981 is a tragic date for Poland. The imposition of the marshal law brought about many family dramas, it stopped the development of economy and paralyzed ordinary lives of people. Let us recollect the situation when telephones were suddenly switched off, the curfew was imposed and General Wojciech Jaruzelski appeared on television, addressing the nation in an ominous way...We were deprived of freedom, the newspapers stopped appearing, out thinking were to be controlled. Everything was fairly precisely planned. Thousands of those who were not humble - innocent people...