Poland Honors 53 People Who Saved Jewish Lives during Holocaust
"You were lonely and isolated and frightened. You have proven to us that it is within each of us to fight evil. The Jewish people will forever remember you and the lessons you have taught us."
(Poland)—Polish President Lech Kaczynski led a ceremony this week honoring 53 people who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust.
"You were lonely and isolated and frightened. You have proven to us that it is within each of us to fight evil. The Jewish people will forever remember you and the lessons you have taught us," Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev told the awardees.
U.S.-based Jewish lawyer Michael Traison, who attended the ceremony, told Haaretz that "the Polish presidents' address elicited an emotional response among the 2000-strong crowd."
"Again, today (Kaczynski) sounded more like the president of the Jewish people than of Poland," he said.
