Recipients - Person - Instytut Pileckiego

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  • Aristides de Sousa Mendes do Amaral e Abranches

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    Aristides de Sousa Mendes do Amaral e Abranches
    (1885–1954)

    In the first months of the Second World War, Bordeaux in southern France seemed like a safe place – deep behind the front, far from the border of the Third Reich.

  • Jozef Lach (1905–1993)

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    Jozef Lach (1905–1993)

    One night in October 1939, four men knocked on the door of Jozef and Žofia Lach’s home in Poprad, Slovakia. They came from the nearby Tatra Mountains, from occupied Poland.

  • Klára Andrássy Odescalchi
    Photo at the top of the page: from Marek Odescalchi's private archive

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    Klára Andrássy Odescalchi
    (1898–1941)

    Hungarian aristocrat, social activist, and friend of Poland. Following the outbreak of World War II, she was actively involved in assisting thousands of Poles, providing them with shelter, food, and support in their further evacuation.