Memoria [EN] No. 29 (2/2020) | Page 4

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Polish diplomats based in Bern, Switzerland during World War II attempted to save between 8,000 and 10,000 Jews from Nazi deportation by providing them with fake Latin American documents, new research undertaken by the Warsaw-based Pilecki Institute has revealed.

The English version of The Ładoś List, a comprehensive publication presenting previously unrevealed details about the Ładoś Group (also known as the Bernese Group), as well as a full index of the names of the 3,253 Jews who received or were meant to receive these documents, was presented under the patronage of the World Jewish Congress on Thursday, at the Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion in New York City, following its Polish-language premiere in December.

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