Recipients - Person - Instytut Pileckiego
See also
- Aleksander Ładoś (1891-1963)
awarded
Aleksander Ładoś (1891-1963)
He was the leader of the group which issued illegal Latin American passports to persecuted Jews. Ładoś gave the group diplomatic protection.
- gen. Lóránd Utassy (1897— 1974)
awarded
gen. Lóránd Utassy (1897— 1974)
Utassy denied the Gestapo access to the internment camps and refused to surrender Polish soldiers. He also participated in talks with the Red Cross, aiming to establish it as the representation of Poles who had found themselves on Hungarian soil.
- Stefan Jan Ryniewicz (1903—1988)
awarded
Stefan Jan Ryniewicz (1903—1988)
He was the deputy to Aleksander Ładoś. Ryniewicz’s role was to provide diplomatic security to the whole operation.
