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The Jan Karski Story Goes Live on Twitter

The Jan Karski Story Goes Live on Twitter

February 24, 2014

On Tuesday, February 25, the Jan Karski Educational Foundation launched its first Twitter feed, @JanKarskiStory.

Delaware Students Submit Karski Project for National History Day

Delaware Students Submit Karski Project for National History Day

February 13, 2014

Students at Padua Academy High School in Wilmington, Delaware, have selected the legacy of Jan Karski as the topic for their National History Day Project.

Jan Karski Year Banner

Jan Karski Year Banner

February 6, 2014

The Jan Karski Educational Foundation has unveiled a new banner created to celebrate The Year of Jan Karski and to honor his life and legacy in 2014, the 100th anniversary of his birth.

New Edition of Jan Karski’s

New Edition of Jan Karski’s "The Great Powers and Poland" Published

January 28, 2014

"The Great Powers and Poland: from Versailles to Yalta" – Karski’s scholarly study examining Poland’s precarious geopolitical position between 1918 and 1948 – was released today.

Canton Central Catholic High School Adopts Karski Book

Canton Central Catholic High School Adopts Karski Book

January 23, 2014

Staff and students at Canton Central Catholic High School would like to thank the Jan Karski Educational Foundation for donating Jan Karski’s book, Story of a Secret State, to the school’s Holocaust Literature class.

Polish American Historical Association Honors JKEF President

Polish American Historical Association Honors JKEF President

January 6, 2014

Polish American Historical Association (PAHA) President Thomas Napierkowski presented Jan Karski Educational Foundation President Wanda Urbanska with an award to acknowledge her contributions to further public knowledge in America about Karski.

Young Scholar of Ukrainian Holodomor Presented with Karski's

Young Scholar of Ukrainian Holodomor Presented with Karski's "Story of a Secret State"

December 20, 2013

Frances Cayton, a 17-year-old senior at St. Mary's School in Raleigh, North Carolina, was presented a hardcover copy of "Story of a Secret State" on December 20 by Jan Karski Educational Foundation President Wanda Urbanska. The gift from the foundation was to mark Cayton's publication of "The Ukrainian Holodomor and the Western Press."

Jan Karski Year Declared by the Polish Parliament

Jan Karski Year Declared by the Polish Parliament

December 6, 2013

The Parliament of the Republic of Poland has unanimously declared 2014 to be the Year of Jan Karski

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