The documentary goes back to the years 1942-1943, when an informal group of Polish diplomats and activists of Jewish organizations worked together to obtain passports of South American countries for Jewish people imprisoned in ghettos by the Nazi German occupants of Poland and other European countries. It is one of many memorable examples of foreign diplomats in different parts of the world who undertook efforst to rescue Jews, as whoever saves one life, saves the world entire… This story is one of many efforts by Polish diplomats worldwide to save lives and alarm the world of the Holocaust in Europe. Robert Kaczmarek, on the participation of Polish diplomats in rescuing Jews during World War II. The Permanent Representation of Poland to the Council of Europe would like to invite you to online viewing of the Institute of National Remembrance recent documentary ”Passports to Paraguay”, directed by Mr. Polish Sejm declared 2021 as the year of the Ładoś Group, Polish diplomats and Jewish activists in Bern, who helped save Jews from the Holocaust, during WW2. Slightly more than 700 were liberated from Auschwitz in January 1945. A total of about 23,000 children and young people were registered in the camp. It is estimated, basing on the approximate data, that at least 232,000 children and young people were deported to Auschwitz, of whom 216,000 were Jews, 11,000 Roma, about 3,000 Poles, more than 1,000 Belarusians, and several hundred Russians, Ukrainians, and others. This year we want to dedicate the anniversary of liberation to the youngest victims of the camp,' said Dr. This cannot be justified by any ideology, reckoning or politics. The adult world - after all, so often unjust and cruel - has never demonstrated so much of its heartlessness, its evil. Completely innocent, good, curious about life, loving their closest ones, trusting children. 'Over 200,000 children were murdered in Auschwitz. The online commemoration ceremony and debate on „The influence of war and the Holocaust on the formation of a child's identity” will be held in the virtual space, on 27 January 2021, starting at 16.00 CET (UTC+1) and will be available at and 76., as well as on the Memorial Youtube, Facebook and Twitter. ![]() ![]() The theme of the 76th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp Auschwitz is the fate of Children.
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