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The so-called, Eiss Archive is one of the largest collections documenting the rescue activities of Polish diplomacy for Jews at risk of the Holocaust, is already in Poland. On 12 February, the documents were officially presented at the Belvedere in Warsaw, in the presence of the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda.
The Archive documents rescue operations conducted from Bern during World War II by the then Polish ambassador Aleksander Ładoś and his diplomats, as well as the cooperating Jewish organisations. During these operations, several thousand illegally obtained Latin American passports were issued, thereby saving the lives of several hundreds of people.
The documents were recovered, thanks to the joint efforts of the Polish Embassy in Bern, the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum.
'Mr President, I report that the Chaim Eiss Archive is now in Poland,' said the director of the Auschwitz Museum, Dr. Piotr M. A. Cywiński. It is a unique day and a very touching moment for me. It is the first presentation of the archive of Rabbi Eiss in Poland. I want to thank you very much for marking us as its roof. I think it is the most dignified way of welcoming back such a significant archival collection to Poland,' he emphasised.
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Fot: Igor Smirnow / KPRP