They call me Hanka
In several classes during literature classes we watched a play - a monodrama by the Korez Theatre in Katowice entitled "Mianujōm mie Hanka" directed by Mirosław Neinart with the amazing Grażyna Bułka in the title role. Here are the reflections of a student after the play.
Often in history people turn into numbers, their individual fates disappear among statistics and general narratives. It is all the more important to listen to the stories of individual people. It gives us empathy, allows us to better understand our roots and builds identity. Living in Silesia, we need to know this history because it is a part of us. It is similar to so many of our family stories. Familiar, and at the same time still moving.
The play "Mianujōm mie Hanka" shows this closeness to history. It is not only a story about one woman, but about entire generations of Silesians, about difficult choices, fates full of suffering, love and belonging. Grażyna Bułka moves us to tears in her role. We forget that this is an actress, not a person we have known for years. In her words, gestures and looks we see our grandmothers, mothers, aunts. We have the feeling that we are sitting with her alone, listening to her confessions, as if they were addressed only to us.
Importantly, even if you do not know the Silesian language, it does not negatively affect the reception of the performance. The emotions are so strong that the story reaches us on a deep, human level. You do not have to understand every word to feel the pain, longing, tenderness and all the other feelings that resonate in this story.
Knowledge of history is important because it allows us to see not only what was, but also what is still going on. We must learn from it, draw conclusions from it and always keep it in mind so as not to make the mistakes of past generations and to better understand where we come from and where we are going. The past is not a closed book. It lives in us, in our families and in the stories passed down from generation to generation. That is why the play "Mianujōm mie Hanka" is so deeply memorable. It is not just a play, but an experience that stays in the heart for a long time.
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