Memory…
On the occasion of the National Day of Remembrance of Poles Who Saved Jews under German Occupation, we invite you to read Dr. Paweł Wieczorek's column. From the perspective of those who survived – though they came from a nation condemned to the Holocaust – reality was assessed very clearly: "We passed from hand to hand, defenseless, hounded, ragged, and hungry, but confident that we would invariably encounter friends, Poles, who, in times of misfortune, in the worst times of contempt, would unhesitatingly provide assistance, risking their own lives and the lives of their families." […]
An army without uniforms and rifles
This year, we celebrated the second National Day of Remembrance of Poles who saved Jews under German occupation. The ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was attended by representatives of state and local government authorities, including Jan Józef Kasprzyk, Head of the Office for War Veterans and Victims of Oppression; Jarosław Szarek, President of the Institute of National Remembrance; Anna Stupnicka-Bando, President of the Polish Society of the Righteous Among the Nations; and Albert Stankowski, Director of the Warsaw Ghetto Museum. Undersecretary of State Wojciech […]