Because this year Hanuka fell between xmas and sylvester, the meeting with the representants of the Jewish Community of Poland was reported to the 8th of January. President Duda brilliantly explained his position of not going to the private event of Yad Vashem if he could not talk there as the Representant of the Nation who the most suffered of the war, where 3 million of Polish Jews, or should I better say of Jewish POLES, perished… He has been much applauded and warmly supported.

We could then talk together about a specific Radomsker matter (President Duda being a Radomsker at heart through his grandmother).
Our dear Member of Honor, HE Fernando Gelbard, former Ambassador of Argentina to France, wrote a special letter to President Duda where he reminded that his father, Minister of Economy in Argentina, José Ber Gelbard, was born in Radomsko, Rynek 5, in the twenties. We asked President Duda to sponsor a meaningful tabliczka (plate) of his choice for the Museum. He said that he was touched and that he will let us know about it. Barzo dziękuję Pan Prezydent.

Pictures : With President Duda – With Minister Wojciech Kolarski, the very sympathetic and efficient Secretary of State of Poland – Rabbi Michael Schudrich, Chief Rabbi of Poland and Member of Honor of the KMR – Artur Hofman, President of TSKŻ, the largest socio-cultural Jewish organisation of Poland, KMR’s Partner – HE Alexander Ben-Zvi, new Ambassador of Israel to Poland, and Jozef Weininger, the President of the Jewish Community of Łódź. Also with Aharele Tamir, Worldwide Vice-President of March of the Living, a very dear friend.
With Marian Kalwary, President of the Association of Jewish War Veterans and Victims in World War II and Jozef Weininger.
And with the delightful Mrs Agata Duda-Kornhauser. What an interesting day it was !

-> See the video in “Medias”