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“Karski’s Gene” – Ceremony of the Spirit of Jan Karski and Karski2020 Awards

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Tatsiana Khomich – representing the recipient of the Spirit of Jan Karski Award, her sister Maria Kalesnikava – is greeted in the hall of the POLIN Museum by President of Fundacja Edukacyjna Jana Karskiego and other officials (Photo: Ewa Radziewicz)

Tatsiana Khomich – representing the recipient of the Spirit of (...)

Ambassador RP to Belarus, Artur Michalski, JKEF Board Chairman, Andrzej Rojek, and FEJK’s President Ewa Junczyk-Ziomecka talk to Urszula Woźniak, who was honored with the Karski2020 Award (Photo: Ewa Radziewicz)

Ambassador RP to Belarus, Artur Michalski, JKEF Board Chairman, Andrzej (...)

Recipient of the Karski2020 Award Aleksandra K. Wiśniewska with JKEF Board Member Wojciech Pawłowski and his wife, and other VIPs before the ceremony (Photo: Ewa Radziewicz)

Recipient of the Karski2020 Award Aleksandra K. Wiśniewska with JKEF (...)

Director of the POLIN Museum Zygmunt Stępiński and Eugeniusz Smolar (Photo: Ewa Radziewicz)

Director of the POLIN Museum Zygmunt Stępiński and Eugeniusz Smolar

Georgetown Leadership Seminar alumni, Dr. Agnieszka Bieńczyk-Missala and Monika Korowajczyk-Sujkowska, whose participation in the Seminar was made possible thanks to a JKEF scholarship (Photo: Ewa Radziewicz)

Georgetown Leadership Seminar alumni, Dr. Agnieszka Bieńczyk-Missala and Monika Korowajczyk-Sujkowska, (...)

Members of the Award Committee – writer Agata Tuszyńska and Andrzej Rojek – talk to a recipient of the Karski2020 Award, Aleksandra K. Wiśniewska (Photo: Ewa Radziewicz)

Members of the Award Committee – writer Agata Tuszyńska and (...)

President of Fundacja Edukacyjna Jana Karskiego, Ewa Junczyk Ziomecka with Ambassador of Italy to Poland, Aldo Amati (Photo: Ewa Radziewicz)

President of Fundacja Edukacyjna Jana Karskiego, Ewa Junczyk Ziomecka with (...)

Witold Sobkow, former Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to the United Nations, Ireland, and Great Britain with Paweł Rymarz of the Rymarz Zdrort Law Firm (Photo: Ewa Radziewicz)

Witold Sobkow, former Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to (...)

Maria Dzieduszycka from the Zbigniew Herbert Foundation with Maciej Wierzyński, member of the Award Committee (Photo: Ewa Radziewicz)

Maria Dzieduszycka from the Zbigniew Herbert Foundation with Maciej Wierzyński, (...)

Members of the audience learning about Jan Karski from the traveling exhibition The World Knew: Jan Karski’s Mission for Humanity, which was displayed at the POLIN Museum (Photo: Ewa Radziewicz)

Members of the audience learning about Jan Karski from the (...)

Books by Jan Karski on display at the POLIN Museum (Photo: Ewa Radziewicz)

Books by Jan Karski on display at the POLIN Museum

Volunteers from the Jan Karski School in Ursus (Photo: Ewa Radziewicz)

Volunteers from the Jan Karski School in Ursus

Audience at the Award ceremony socializing in the POLIN Museum hall (Photo: Ewa Radziewicz)

Audience at the Award ceremony socializing in the POLIN Museum (...)

Member of the JKEF’s Board of Directors, Ewa Wierzyńska (right) talks to Krystyna Budnicka, member of the Children of the Holocaust Association (left) and Anna Bando, President of the Association of Polish Righteous Among the Nations (middle) (Photo: Ewa Radziewicz)

Member of the JKEF’s Board of Directors, Ewa Wierzyńska (right) (...)

Audience at the Award ceremony (Photo: Ewa Radziewicz)

Audience at the Award ceremony

The event’s MC, actor Jakub Gierszał, opens the ceremony (Photo: Ewa Radziewicz)

The event’s MC, actor Jakub Gierszał, opens the ceremony

Chairman of the Board of the Jan Karski Educational Foundation, Andrzej Rojek, and President of Fundacja Edukacyjna Jana Karskiego, Ewa Junczyk-Ziomecka, welcome the guests (Photo: Ewa Radziewicz)

Chairman of the Board of the Jan Karski Educational Foundation, (...)

Professor Adam Daniel Rotfeld announces the recipient of the Spirit of Jan Karski Award (Photo: Ewa Radziewicz)

Professor Adam Daniel Rotfeld announces the recipient of the Spirit (...)

Maria Kalesnikava’s sister, Tatsiana Khomich, accepts the Spirit of Jan Karski Award on behalf of the imprisoned activist from the Chairman of the JKEF’s Board, Andrzej Rojek (Photo: Ewa Radziewicz)

Maria Kalesnikava’s sister, Tatsiana Khomich, accepts the Spirit of Jan (...)

Ms. Tatsiana Khomich talks about her sister and other political prisoners kept in Belarusian prisons (Photo: Ewa Radziewicz)

Ms. Tatsiana Khomich talks about her sister and other political (...)

Audience at the Award ceremony (Photo: Ewa Radziewicz)

Audience at the Award ceremony

Monika Korowajczyk-Sujkowska introduces the Karski2020 Award (Photo: Ewa Radziewicz)

Monika Korowajczyk-Sujkowska introduces the Karski2020 Award

Recipient of the Karski2020 Award, Urszula Woźniak expresses gratitude to all the people involved in the voluntary work she is part of (Photo: Ewa Radziewicz)

Recipient of the Karski2020 Award, Urszula Woźniak expresses gratitude to (...)

Recipient of the Karski 2020 Award Aleksandra K. Wiśniewska remembers her ordeal in Yemen when bedridden with malaria and the help she received from other social workers (Photo: Ewa Radziewicz)

Recipient of the Karski 2020 Award Aleksandra K. Wiśniewska remembers (...)

Recipient of the Karski 2020 Award Dr.Tomasz Głażewski talks about his life motto (Photo: Ewa Radziewicz)

Recipient of the Karski 2020 Award Dr.Tomasz Głażewski talks about (...)

Recipients of the Karski2020 Award with members of JKEF’s Board of Directors, Michał Mrożek and Maciej Dyjas, and FEJK’s Director for Development, Bożena Regulska-Komornicka (Photo: Ewa Radziewicz)

Recipients of the Karski2020 Award with members of JKEF’s Board (...)

Sponsor of the awards and the event, Paweł Rymarz of the Rymarz Zdort Law Firm, accepts a diploma in recognition of his support from Ewa Junczyk-Ziomecka (Photo: Ewa Radziewicz)

Sponsor of the awards and the event, Paweł Rymarz of (...)

Recipients of the Spirit of Jan Karski and Karski2020 Awards with members of JKEF’s Board of Directors and the Award Committee, sponsor Paweł Rymarz, and the event’s MC, Jakub Gierszał (Photo: Ewa Radziewicz)

Recipients of the Spirit of Jan Karski and Karski2020 Awards (...)

Recipients of the Karski2020 Award, Aleksandra K. Wiśniewska and Urszula Woźniak (Photo: Ewa Radziewicz)

Recipients of the Karski2020 Award, Aleksandra K. Wiśniewska and Urszula (...)

Katarzyna Groniec and her band performing at the concert following the award ceremony (Photo: Ewa Radziewicz)

Katarzyna Groniec and her band performing at the concert following (...)

Katarzyna Groniec and her band (Photo: Ewa Radziewicz)

Katarzyna Groniec and her band