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Portrait of Theodor Curti

około 1900

The Polish Museum in Rapperswil

The Polish Museum in Rapperswil
Rapperswil, Switzerland

Dr. Theodor Curti (1848-1914) - mayor of Rapperswil and a member of the Swiss federal parliament, a great friend of the Polish Museum in Rapperswil and Count Władysław Plater. Curti was an opponent of the anti-Polish policy led by German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck. He supported the efforts of Poles to exhibit the Polish Freedom Column in Rapperswil in 1868.
In the local newspaper, his following poem was published on the occasion of unveiling the monument:
"Es trägt der feste Sockel den schlanken Säulenschaft,
Ein Adler drauf entfaltet der Adlerschwingen Kraft,
So baut auf heil’ges Recht sich die holde Freiheit auf
ein muth’ger Wächter beider gehört noch oben drauf…
Ihr hört, wenn süss um’s Denkmal die Zephyrlüfte wehen
Die Worte lispeln: Polen wird wieder auferstehen!"
Two years later, Curti described in the extensive brochure the inauguration of the Polish Museum in Rapperswil.

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  • Title: Portrait of Theodor Curti
  • Date created: około 1900
  • Physical Dimensions: 13,5 x 9 mm
  • Type: Fotografia
  • Rights: Archiwum Muzeum Polskiego w Rapperswilu
The Polish Museum in Rapperswil

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