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Polish president commemorates war-time consul in Lucerne

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Victoria Bieniek 09.10.2018 15:54
  • Duda commemorates war-time consul in Lucerne
President Andrzej Duda on Tuesday attended the unveiling of a memorial in Lucerne commemorating Konstanty Rokicki, a Polish consul in World War II.
Konstanty Rokicki. Image: Zbigniew Popadiuch [CC0], via Wikimedia CommonsKonstanty Rokicki. Image: Zbigniew Popadiuch [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons

Rokicki was a member of a group of Polish diplomats and Jewish activists backed by the Polish government-in-exile, which worked with South American governments to provide about 1,000 Jews from all over Europe with fake passports, saving some 800 lives.

Poland’s Ambassador to Switzerland, Jakub Kumoch, told Radio Poland the story.

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