Pictures gallery: Recognizing Karski as A Historical Figure and a Present Role Model

Get Involved

Our Generous Supporters

National Endowment For The Humanities

Polish History Museum

Consulate General of Poland in New York

Recognizing Karski as A Historical Figure and a Present Role Model

14 pictures

David Strathairn pays tribute to the Polish emissary after the show. The photo of Karski by Carol Harrision. (Photo: Piotr Molęcki/East News)

David Strathairn pays tribute to the Polish emissary after the (...)

Press conference with the artists. From the left: Dorota Malinowska-Grupińska, Chair of the Council of the City of Warsaw; Aldona Machnowska-Góra, Vice-President of the City of Warsaw; Clark Young (co-writer), and Derek Goldman (co-writer and director). Ms. Machnowska-Góra reminded everyone about International Holocaust Remembrance Day and presented the panelists with a yellow daffodil pin, a symbol of Holocaust remembrance (Photo: Paweł Dąbrowski)

Press conference with the artists. From the left: Dorota Malinowska-Grupińska, (...)

Press conference. From the left: Derek Goldman, Clark Young, David Strahairn, Ewa Junczyk-Ziomecka (President of Fundacja Edukacyjna Jana Karskiego), Marian Turski, and Aldona Machnowska-Góra. (Photo: Paweł Dąbrowski)

Press conference. From the left: Derek Goldman, Clark Young, David (...)

Marian Turski, a Polish journalist, historian, and Holocaust survivor, is helping the actor attach the yellow daffodil pin, a symbol of Holocaust remembrance, to his shirt. As the backdrop – a photo of Jan Karski by Carol Harrison. (Photo: Bożena U. Zaremba)

Marian Turski, a Polish journalist, historian, and Holocaust survivor, is (...)

President of Fundacja Edukacyjna Jana Karskiego Ewa Junczyk-Ziomecka greets former Polish Ambassador to the U.S., Jerzy Koźmiński. (Photo: Piotr Molęcki)

President of Fundacja Edukacyjna Jana Karskiego Ewa Junczyk-Ziomecka greets former (...)

President of Warsaw, Rafał Traskowski; Chief Rabbi of Poland Michael Joseph Schudrich; and Chairman of the Board of the Jan Karski Educational Foundation, Andrzej Rojek (Photo: Piotr Molęcki/East News)

President of Warsaw, Rafał Traskowski; Chief Rabbi of Poland Michael (...)

Former Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Adam Rotfeld (Photo: Piotr Molęcki/East News)

Former Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Adam Rotfeld

Standing ovation after the performance (Photo: Piotr Molęcki/East News)

Standing ovation after the performance

The post-show discussion included a display of the sign “ZAPAMIĘTAJ” (“REMEMBER”) by the artists and the audience. (Photo: Darek Senkowski)

The post-show discussion included a display of the sign “ZAPAMIĘTAJ” (...)

The audience and the artists urge everyone to REMEMBER. On the stage, from the left: Grażyna Torbicka, David Strathairn, Clark Young, Derek Goldman, and Piotr Krasnowolski (interpreter) (Photo: Darek Senkowski)

The audience and the artists urge everyone to REMEMBER. On (...)

The post-show with Derek Goldman, Clark Young, and David Strathairn was moderated by a renowned Polish journalist and media personality Grażyna Torbicka (Photo: Darek Senkowski)

The post-show with Derek Goldman, Clark Young, and David Strathairn (...)

The post-show discussion on the second day included Ijeoma Njaka, Teacher and Inclusive Pedagogy Specialist at Georgetown University(on the right) and was moderated by Krzysztof Kwiatkowski (Photo: Darek Senkowski)

The post-show discussion on the second day included Ijeoma Njaka, (...)

David Strathairn answering questions from the audience during a post-show discussion (Photo: Darek Senkowski)

David Strathairn answering questions from the audience during a post-show (...)

The artists and the representatives of the Jan Karski Educational Foundation and Fundacja Edukacyjna Jana Karskiego paid special tribute to Jan Karski at the Karski bench in front of the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews. From the left: Katarzyna Jachnicka (PAP), David Strathairn, Bożena U. Zaremba (JKEF), Clark Young, Ewa Junczyk-Ziomecka (FEJK), Laura Smith (Stage Manager), Madeleine Claire Kelley (The Lab/Manager), Derek Goldman, and Bożena Regulska Komornicka (FEJK). (Photo: Paweł Wosyński/East News)

The artists and the representatives of the Jan Karski Educational (...)