From 1932 to 1941, the Honarary Consul was Emanuel Dworski, and the Honarary Consulate was housed in Villa Dworski, located on the coast.
Emanuel Clemens von Dworski de Prus was born in 1875 in Chernivtsi, a city located in present-day Ukraine. He studied at the Naval Academy in Rijeka and served in the Austro-Hungarian Navy until the end of the First World War. He taught at the Naval Academy in Rijeka.
Dworski was appointed Honorary Consul in 1932 by the then Polish president. He died in 1941.
Marijana Dworski, the granddaughter of the honorary consul, and Slaven Kale, president of the Croatian-Polish association Platform PL.HR, greeted those taking part in the tour.
The secretary of the association and Polish language lecturer at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Rijeka, Agnieszka Rudkowska, explained the historical context of the creation of the 1791 Polish Constitution. It was, she said, the first constitution in Europe and the second in the world, after the US one. The Polish parliament, the Sejm, operated for several years in the late 18th century and passed the constitution, under which Poland became a constitutional monarchy.
The constitution was in force for only 14 months, Rudkowska added, because the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia and the Habsburg Monarchy partitioned the territory of Poland.