Img. ID: 511102

Memorial Name

no official name

Who is Commemorated?

Jan Karski

Description:

The bronze sculpture represents the figure of Jan Karski seated on a large chair or small couch, with his legs crossed, and his left hand at his chin in a pensive pose. The couch is set at an angle on a square base.

Karski’s bench provides the visitors with a chance to listen to Jan Karski himself. When you press the button one hears a few selected fragments of the interview with him in Polish.

Inscriptions

JAN KARSKI (KOZIELEWSKI)
1914-2000
EMISARIUSZ WŁADZ
POLSKIEGO PAŃSTWA PODZIEMNEGO,
PROFESOR UNIWERSYTETU
GEORGETOWN W WASZYNGTONIE,
“SPRAWIEDLIWY
WSROD NARODÓW ŚWIATA”,
ODZNACZONY
ORDEREM ORŁA BIAŁEGO,
NOMINOWANY
DO POKOJOWOJ NAGRODY NOBLA,
CZŁOWIEK,
Który chcił powstrzymać
HOLOKAUST.
WARSZAWA 2012 R.

Translation: Jan Karski (Kozielewski) / 1914-2000 / Authorized emissary of the Polish underground state, university professor, Georgetown, Washington, “Righteous among the nations of the world”, decorated with the Order of the White Eagle, nominated to the Nobel Peace Prize, a man who wanted to stop the Holocaust. / Warsaw 2012

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