POLISH PRESIDENT HONOURS POLES WHO SAVED JEWS FROM THE HOLOCAUST

KJ, 16 November 2016
Today, 15th November 2013, at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, the Polish President, Bronisław Komorowski, presented state awards to individuals who extended help to Jews during the Second World War.

Twenty people, including some posthumously, were awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polish Renewal. The awards were presented in recognition of the heroic deeds and extraordinary courage shown by those who helped save the lives of Jews during World War II,for services to the preservation of human dignity and human rights.

Participants in the ceremony received a commemorative album which included portraits of those honoured and their stories of assistance. The album was published in partnership with a project of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews – "The Polish Righteous – Restoring Memory ".

Those honoured:

Zofia Czarkowska
Krystyna Dańko
Wanda Kołomijska
Helena Kuśmierz
Alfred Kwarciak
Witold Lisowski
Zofia Mielniczek
Stefan Mikołajczyk
Teodozja Nieściur
Wacław Nowiński
Stanisław Wróbel
Wanda Zalewska

Those honoured posthumously:

Katarzyna Baranek
Łucja Baranek
Wincenty Baranek
Jadwiga Proczek
Natalia Proczek
Stanisław Proczek
Tomasz Proczek
Marianna Sieńska