Join Jenny Grant and Roger Moorhouse to discuss the continuing importance and resonance of the Ładoś List.

On behalf of JW3, the Polish embassy in London would like to invite you to the discussion “The Ładoś Group and the Passports for Life”, a conversation between historians Jennifer Grant and Roger Moorhouse about the continuing importance and resonance of the Ładoś Group and the Ładoś List, which will take place on 17 May 2022 at 7pm at the JW3 Jewish Community Centre in London (341-351 Finchley Road, London NW3 6ET).

In 1941, in Bern, Switzerland, Polish diplomats in cooperation with Jewish circles launched the so-called “passport initiative” to save Jews from the Holocaust. Aleksander Ładoś, Konstanty Rokicki, Abraham Silberschein, Chaim Eiss, Stefan Ryniewicz, and Juliusz Kühl, also known as the Ładoś Group, issued fake passports for neutral Latin American countries to Jewish people facing the death camps.

Thanks to the publication of the Ładoś List, the rescue operation of Polish diplomats in Switzerland has become the subject of international discussion, involving Holocaust survivors and their descendants, families of the diplomats engaged in the operation, as well as scholars, journalists, and cultural figures. Copies of the Ładoś List, kindly provided by the Pilecki Institute, will be available to view at the event.

Roger Moorhouse is a historian and author who specialises in Polish and German wartime history.

Jennifer Grant is a Postgraduate Researcher specialising in the Polish Armed Forces in the West.

The event will take place as part of this year’s Polish Heritage Days, celebrating Polish culture, history, contribution to the UK, and spirit of solidarity.

WHEN: Tue 17 May 2022, 7:00pm

WHERE: JW3, (Jewish Cultural Center)  341-351 Finchley Rd, London NW3 6ET

TICKETS: £15 (£10 online) to buy here

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