They Risked Their Lives – Poles Who Saved Jews During the Holocaust Exhibition at the Museum of the History of Polish Jews
The event attracted over 500 guests among whom were Małgorzata Omilanowska, Deputy Minister of Culture and National Heritage, His Excellency Zvi Rav-Ner, Israeli Ambassador to Poland, representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (exhibition partners) and, especially, the Righteous and those who had been rescued.
The event featured Gaby Kulki, who performed a romantic concerto before a packed Museum auditorium.
Minister Małgorzata Omilanowska emphasised, to the audience, the significance of spreading the stories of Polish help extended to Jews and of the risk associated with that help. The Foreign Ministry’s Sebastian Rejak the importance of telling these stories around the world, adding there was a necessity to remember the rescuers who had not been honoured by Yad Vashem.
The Director of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Prof. Dariusz Stola, of the special significance of the Polish Righteous as provided by the Museum. Annalia Guglielmi, of the World Committee of Righteous Gardens – Gariwo, represented the concept of the European Day of Righteous Remembrance, dedicated to all those who, during periods of terror and regimes in the 20th and 21st centuries, who stood in opposition. Prof. Zbigniew Gluza, President of the Karta Centre, spoke of the establishment of a Garden of the Righteous in Warsaw.
The exhibition, They Risked Their Lives – Poles Who Saved Jews During the Holocaust, and accompanying exhibitions relating to the Righteous will remain open until 17th March 2014.
