Very
special to our hearts Iranian bear with a Polish soul - Private Wojtek, soldier
in the Polish 22nd company during WWII. First Wojtek was just a mascot, but
later he was enlisted in the Polish army and given a rank - Corporal and a serial
number – 3522, so he could stay with his comrades.
Since
he never known his mother, the bear copied what the soldiers did. And in the
crucial battle of Monte Cassino Wojtek showed his worth by carrying live shells
to the mortars along with his fellow soldiers. His combats asked for and
received permission to have their company logo changed to an upright bear carrying
a mortar shell.
Wojtek
traveled to Scotland along with his comrades and many other Poles, when at the
end of the war, they had no country to return to, Poland being under the rule
of Stalin and the east.
His comrades eventually spread all over the U.K. and other countries. He couldn't be discharged. He couldn't be sent to Poland. He spend the rest of his life in Edinburgh Zoo.
His comrades eventually spread all over the U.K. and other countries. He couldn't be discharged. He couldn't be sent to Poland. He spend the rest of his life in Edinburgh Zoo.
Read
a true story, very funny and heart lifting of Private Wojtek - “Soldier Bear”
by Bibi Dumon Tak
You can learn more about “Wojtek” on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojtek_(bear)
“Wojtek
- The Soldier Bear” By Marianna Raskin, animated movie by marianna.
Animated
film recalls 'Soldier Bear' Wojtek by Steven McKenzie
“Soldier
bear” statue unveiled in Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens
"Wojtek"
by Katy Carr - song in English
Lyrics:
“Wojtek, have you come to save my day?
“Wojtek, have you come to save my day?
The
road is long and the river is so deep With Wojtek my love remains… Help me find
my way
back
to Poland I’m thousands of miles from home
Wypijemy
jednego, drugiego, trzeciego za zdrowie naszego niedźwiedzia Pijącego, palącego
i
walczącego
żołnierza naszego niedźwiedzia Wojtka
[English
translation : Let’s drink one, two, three, to the good health of Wojtek, Our
drinking,
smoking,
fighting Wojtek the soldier bear]
Wojtek,
have you come to save my day?”
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