KARSKI MEMORIAL BENCH IN TEL AVIV

, 16 November 2016

On Thursday, the Marshall of the Sejm, Bronisław Komorowski, unveiled a memorial bench devoted to Jan Karski at the University of Tel Aviv. Karski was the famous emissary of the Polish Underground State who provided information on the situation of Polish Jews under Nazi occupation to the West.

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Marshall Komorowski expressed his hope that the memorial bench – similarly to Polish trees planted in the Garden of the Righteous – will become a way of commemorating help brought to Jews by Poles.

– I learned about Jan Karski through books, but I found out much more about him when I visited Poland – claims Dani Lewiatan, the Rector of the Tel Aviv University. – We are proud that Karski sits on the premises of our campus.

He also indicated that the University had issued an informational bulletin on Karski. – This way, we try to encourage students to get interested in Karski. Hopefully, they will later read more about him on the Internet – he said.

The monument takes the form of Karski sitting on a bench and playing chess. It is located right next to the Beit Hatfutsot Museum. Similar “Karski benches” can be seen in New York, Washington, Łódź, and Kielce.

Source: polish Press Agency