word of mouth, rather than from RFE. Recognition Through the efforts of his family and friends, information about Siwiec became known to the anti-communist Solidarity opposition in Poland by the 1980s. A brochure about him was published in 1981. After the fall of communism, Siwiec became the subject of the 1991 documentary film Hear My Cry (Usłyszcie mój krzyk), by Polish director Maciej Drygas. The film won several awards including the European Film Awards "Felix" prize for "Best Documentary" that year. Drygas, who is credited with reconstructing and popularizing Siwiec's story, remarked that compared to other similar incidents of that time, such as the self-immolations of Palach or Romas Kalanta, Siwiec death's is unique in how little attention it attracted. Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, the director of the Polish section of Radio Free Europe, expressed a similar sentiment: "This was an unheard of human tragedy... The tragedy lay in that his sacrifice went completely unnoticed." In the same vein, Kavaliauskas interprets Drygas' movie as a critique of contemporary Polish society, saying that witnesses did not want to have this incident spoil their enjoyment of the festival on an otherwise "perfect day". Memorial plaques dedicated to his memory exist in Warsaw, Dębica and Przemyśl. A bridge in Przemyśl, where he lived, was named after him in 1991, as well as a street in Prague in front of the Czech Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, with a nearby memorial dedicated to him, unveiled in 2010. A street in Warsaw adjacent to the new Stadion Narodowy, which replaced the Stadion Dziesięciolecia, was named for him in 2011, and an obelisk was installed in his memory. Nonetheless, as noted by Kavaliauskas in 2010, he still is less known than other self-immolators of his time. Honours Following Drygas' movie, Ryszard Siwiec was awarded the following honours posthumously: Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, first class, awarded in 2001 by Václav Havel, President of the Czech Republic. Order of Polonia Restituta, Commander's Cross, awarded in 2003 by Aleksander Kwaśniewski, President of Poland. Order of the White Double Cross, 3rd Class, awarded in 2006 by Ivan Gašparovič, President of Slovakia. See also Jan Palach, Czech student's 1969 protest self-immolation in Prague Romas Kalanta, Lithuanian student's 1972 protest self-immolation in Kaunas Walenty Badylak, Piotr Szczęsny, political self-immolation in Warsaw, 2017 Evžen Plocek, political self-immolation in Jihlava, Czechoslovakia, 1969 Jan Zajíc, Czech student's 1969 self-immolation in Prague, Czechoslovakia Vasyl Makukh,