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2011 Jan Karski & Pola Nirenska Prize Awarded

The Award Committee of the Jan Karski and Pola Nirenska Prize has announced that Professor Marcin Wodziński of Wrocław, Poland, is the 2011 recipient of the Karski-Nirenska award. Endowed by Professor Jan Karski at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in 1992, the $5,000 prize goes to authors of published works documenting Polish-Jewish relations and Jewish contributions to Polish culture.

The winner was chosen by the Award Committee, whose members are Prof. Jerzy Tomaszewski, Prof. Feliks Tych, Dr. Eleonora Bergman (director, Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw), Dr. Jonathan Brent (director, YIVO Institute), and Marek Web (YIVO Institute). The award ceremony will be held in the Fall.

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The Award Committee of the Jan Karski and Pola Nirenska Prize has the pleasure to announce that Professor Marcin Wodziński of Wrocław, Poland, is the 2011 recipient of the Karski-Nirenska award. Endowed by Professor Jan Karski at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in 1992, the $5,000 prize goes to authors of published works documenting Polish-Jewish relations and Jewish contributions to Polish culture. The winner was chosen by the Award Committee, whose members are Prof. Jerzy Tomaszewski, Prof. Feliks Tych, Dr. Eleonora Bergman (director, Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw), Dr. Jonathan Brent (director, YIVO Institute), and Marek Web (YIVO Institute). The award ceremony will be held in the Fall.