Consul General Ewa Junczyk-Ziomecka hosted a group of Georgetown University alumni, Polish and Jewish community leaders and a representative of the Polish History Museum for dinner on May 31 at the Polish Consulate in New York City to kick off a … [More]

Consul General Ewa Junczyk-Ziomecka hosted a group of Georgetown University alumni, Polish and Jewish community leaders and a representative of the Polish History Museum for dinner on May 31 at the Polish Consulate in New York City to kick off a three-year campaign to honor the late Jan Karski. Professor Karski, who died in 2000 at age 86, was a courier of the Polish Underground in Nazi German-occupied Poland during World War II and was the first credible witness to inform the Allies about the Holocaust when there was still time to act. The goal of the campaign is to focus attention on a great humanitarian whose 100th birthday is approaching in April 2014. The culmination of the US campaign is to honor Karski -- a native of Poland, a naturalized American and an honorary citizen of Israel -- with the Congressional Gold Medal, America‟s highest civilian honor in recognition of his lifetime achievement.