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.
The Polish American Librarians Association (PALA) has given its endorsement to the Jan Karski US Centennial Campaign. This respected group was established in 2009 and meets at the Polish Museum of America Library in the Chicago area.
The Campaign has received a letter from John J. DeGioia, President of Georgetown University, congratulating the initiative shown by the Campaign about Prof. Karski, who taught at Georgetown for forty years
The Jan Karski US Centennial Campaign is happy to welcome a new Steering Committee member, Romauld J. Poplawski.
Jan Karski US Centennial Campaign Director Wanda Urbanska recently participated in the Polish Independence Day celebration at the Kosciuszko Foundation offices in Washington, DC.
The American Jewish Committee has endorsed the Jan Karski US Centennial Campaign, noting their support of the Campaign's educational and cultural initiative to bring greater awareness to Karski's work and legacy.
US Director Wanda Urbanska recently made a three-day trip to New York City where she met with steering committee members, campaign donors and advisers, including Anthony Paduano, Robert Billingsley, Andrzej Rojek, and Alicia Belzberg.
Two Jan Karski Centennial Campaign Steering Committee members attended the The Tocqueville Forum at Georgetown University to hear from Karski's biographer, E. Thomas Wood, co-author of "Karski: How One Man Tried to Stop the Holocaust."
