Mikolajczyk remains return home from the U.S. to be reburied in Poznan

The remains of Stanislaw Mikolajczyk and his wife have been brought to Poland from the United States 34 years after his death. Mikolajczyk, a member of the London-based Polish Government-in-Exile, joined Poland's post-war cabinet as a political counterweight to the Soviet-backed communist takeover. However, accused of spying for Britain, he had to flee the country in order to avoid persecution and possible execution. Before the burial in Poznan, the coffins containing the bodies of Mikolajczyk and his wife Cecylia were brought to Warsaw where a ceremony was held to commemorate them. Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek said,"One can always do something for one's country even in the direst of circumstances." Mikolajczyk has been criticized by many Polish emigrants for joining a communist government after the war. (Rzeczpospolita, page 1, Gazeta Wyborcza, page 1, Zycie, page 1,4; Reuters) J.K.