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Yad Vashem Honors Jerzy Ponczyński

Jerozolima, 21 December 2011

On Sunday December 11, Yad Vashem held a ceremony honoring Jerzy Ponczynski as Righteous Among the Nations. On behalf of late rescuer the medal was accepted by his children. It was at the beginning of 1942 when Jerzy Ponczyński met Ita Zabara, whom he saved, for the first time....

PIYE Program's Success. Students’ Film Etudes on Israeli Television

Izrael, 16 December 2011

On Saturday December 10, Israel’s Channel 1 News broadcasted the material about film etudes produced by Polish and Israeli students as a part of PIYE exchange program. The Righteous Among the Nations were the core subject of the...

Album Commemorating the Righteous from the District of Rzeszów

Rzeszów, 9 December 2011

On December 7, 2011 The Institute of National Rememberance Branch in Rzeszów introduced its latest publication - Poles rescuing Jews in the...

Righteous Antonina Wyrzykowska passed away

2 December 2011

Righteous Among the Nations Mrs. Antonina Wyrzykowska passed away at the age of 95 in the city of Milanówek. Antonina and her husband Aleksander for two years and a half had been hiding in their cellar seven Jews rescued form the 1941 pogrom in Jedwabne. The...