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Poland survived with dignity thanks to Poles who rescued Jews: President Duda

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Roberto Galea 18.03.2016 10:06
President Andrzej Duda handed out state honours to 53 Poles, many of them posthumous awards, for saving the lives of Jews during WWII, at a ceremony on Thursday.
President Andrzej Duda (R) awarding Poles who helped Jews. Photo: PAP/Darek DelmanowiczPresident Andrzej Duda (R) awarding Poles who helped Jews. Photo: PAP/Darek Delmanowicz

“With hundreds of thousands of Poles who saved Jews during World War II, the Polish nation managed to survive with dignity. Thanks to them, Poland can be proud today,” Duda said at the award ceremony in Łańcut in south-eastern Poland.

“For centuries, Poles and Jews lived in symbiosis in these areas; common neighbours living together, and doing everyday things, conducting business, building their personal life, families, and a successful career,” President Duda said.

This, the president said, lasted until the day when Poland was attacked by Nazi forces and then the Soviet Union and “disappeared from the map”.

“There was no Polish state in institutional and geographical terms, and there was no one who could directly defend the people living here,” Duda added. (rg/pk)

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