Recipients - Person - Instytut Pileckiego

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  • Ann Jacques
    Photo of Anna Jacques: Ian Matheson Municipal Archives in Palmerston North.

    awarded

    Ann Jacques
    (1893–1994)

    Secretary of the Polish Army League in New Zealand, an organization that supported Polish soldiers during World War II. Together with her husband William, she supported, among other initiatives, the center for Polish orphans in Pahiatua.

  • Leif Myklebust
    Leif Myklebust

    awarded

    Leif Myklebust
    (1918–1981)

    In late July and early August 1944, in a mountainous region, together with Erling Berg, they came to the aid of Michał Nowacki, a Polish escapee from the German camp in Fauske.

  • Jan Jelínek (1912–2009)

    awarded

    Jan Jelínek (1912–2009)

    In 1937, the care of the Evangelical parish in Kupiczów, Volhynia was entrusted to Jan Jelínek. The young pastor won the hearts of the Czechs, who had settled there in the 19th century. In his sermons he preached love of neighbor regardless of his beliefs.