„I wanted to save millions, and I didn’t save anyone,” said Jan Karski about his doomed mission. Jan Kozielewski, a graduate of the faculty of law, diplomacy and school of cadets with extraordinary memory, became a courier of the Polish Underground State during World War II. Under the pseudonym Jan Karski, he smuggled strictly secret reports about the dramatic situation in the country. His missions were deadly – he always carried a cyanide ampoule in case of failure.

 

In 1942, Karski gave Western allies information about the Holocaust of Jews. As an eyewitness to the tragedy of the Jewish people, he appealed to the British Foreign Minister Anthony Eden to take an action and stop the Holocaust. In July 1943, two months after the destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto, he met with the President of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt. The talks did not bring the expected results – the Allies did not intervene.

 

September 29, 2016 at 17:00 The Jan Karski Educational Foundation and The Ulma Family Museum of Poles Saving Jews in World War II invite you to the opening ceremony of the exhibition “Jan Karski. Man of Freedom “, which will take place at the Markowa Museum.

 

The vernissage will feature a screening of Sławomir Grünberg’s film “Karski and the rulers of humanity”, followed by a meeting with the director