The Choice to Save Lives - Instytut Pileckiego
The Choice to Save Lives
It is the first exhibition of this scale devoted to the activities of Polish diplomats who strove to rescue Jews in occupied Poland and other European countries during World War II.
The exhibition presents the figures who fought not on the battlefront, but at their desks – armed with only a signature and a stamp.
At the heart of the exhibition is the group of Polish diplomats led by Aleksander Ładoś, Head of the Polish Legation in Bern, who cooperated with Jewish organizations to issue illegal Latin American passports to European Jews. These documents gave their holders a chance for surviving the Holocaust. The Group was comprised of Aleksander Ładoś, Juliusz Kühl, Stefan Ryniewicz, Konstanty Rokicki, Chaim Eiss and Abraham Silberschein.
The exhibition also presents the stories of other Polish diplomats who were active before and throughout World War II – Feliks Chiczewski, Wojciech Rychlewicz, Tadeusz Romer and Henryk Sławik.
Come visit the exhibition!
At the heart of the exhibition is the group of Polish diplomats led by Aleksander Ładoś, Head of the Polish Legation in Bern, who cooperated with Jewish organizations to issue illegal Latin American passports to European Jews. These documents gave their holders a chance for surviving the Holocaust. The Group was comprised of Aleksander Ładoś, Juliusz Kühl, Stefan Ryniewicz, Konstanty Rokicki, Chaim Eiss and Abraham Silberschein.
The exhibition also presents the stories of other Polish diplomats who were active before and throughout World War II – Feliks Chiczewski, Wojciech Rychlewicz, Tadeusz Romer and Henryk Sławik.
Come visit the exhibition!
Dom Bez Kantów, 11 Krakowskie Przedmieście Street
Open from tuesday to sunday, from 10 am to 6 pm (Thursday 10 am - 8 pm).