Princess Daisy monument in Pless
The monument to Princess Daisy ( Mary Theresa Olivia Cornwallis-West , 1873-1943) was ceremoniously unveiled on May 1, 2009 on the market square of Pless in Silesia . The monument in the form of a winding garden bench with the figure of the seated noblewoman is the work of the local sculptor Joachim Krakowczyk and was cast from bronze in a factory in Gliwice.
Daisy from Pless
The noblewoman Daisy, who was born in England, is considered a benefactress in Pless, who has cared for the German as well as the Polish inhabitants of Pless all her life and thus contributed to the reconciliation of the two peoples. She is one of the most important people in the history of Pless.
During the First World War , as a Red Cross nurse , she looked after the wounded soldiers on hospital trains in France and experienced the end of the war in an Austrian hospital in Serbia . During the Second World War she lived in Waldenburg and supplied the prisoners of the Groß-Rosen concentration camp with food parcels. She spent a significant part of her life in Pless.
Every year in May, “Daisy Days” are organized in her honor on the Pless market square.
literature
- Daisy von Pless: Dance on the volcano: memories of Germany and England's turning point. Carl Reissner, Dresden 1931.
- Daisy von Pless: What I would have preferred to keep quiet ...: from European society before the war. Carl Reissner, Dresden 1931.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 58 ′ 40 ″ N , 18 ° 56 ′ 30.4 ″ E