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Pole who sneaked Jewish girl out of Auschwitz dies [Oct 22, 2011] The Associated Press The Associated Press WARSAW, Poland Jerzy Bielecki, a Polish inmate who led his Jewish girlfriend out of Auschwitz in 1944, has died at age 90. Bielecki's daughter, Alicja Januchowski said Saturday that he died peacefully Thursday at his home in Nowy Targ, in southern Poland. In July 1944, the 23-year-old Bielecki used his relatively privileged position as a German-speaking ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Jerzy Bielecki, a Pole who led his Jewish sweetheart out of Auschwitz in 1944, dies at 90 [Oct 22, 2011] WARSAW, Poland ? Jerzy Bielecki, a Polish inmate who led his Jewish girlfriend out of Auschwitz in 1944, has died at age 90. Bielecki?s daughter, Alicja Januchowski said Saturday that he died peacefully Thursday at his home in Nowy Targ, in southern Poland. In July 1944, the 23-year-old Bielecki used his relatively privileged position as a German-speaking Catholic Polish inmate of Auschwitz to ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Pole who sneaked Jewish girl out of Auschwitz dies [Oct 22, 2011] The Associated Press The Associated Press WARSAW, Poland Jerzy Bielecki, a Polish inmate who led his Jewish girlfriend out of Auschwitz in 1944, has died at age 90. Bielecki's daughter, Alicja Januchowski said Saturday that he died peacefully Thursday at his home in Nowy Targ, in southern Poland. In July 1944, the 23-year-old Bielecki used his relatively privileged position as a German-speaking ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Jerzy Bielecki, a Pole who led his Jewish sweetheart out of Auschwitz in 1944, dies at 90 [Oct 22, 2011] WARSAW, Poland ? Jerzy Bielecki, a Polish inmate who led his Jewish girlfriend out of Auschwitz in 1944, has died at age 90. Bielecki?s daughter, Alicja Januchowski said Saturday that he died peacefully Thursday at his home in Nowy Targ, in southern Poland. In July 1944, the 23-year-old Bielecki used his relatively privileged position as a German-speaking Catholic Polish inmate of Auschwitz to ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Arab Spring activists from Egypt, Tunisia and Libya observing Poland?s election [Oct 08, 2011] WARSAW, Poland ? A group of Arab Spring activists observing Polish parliamentary elections are championing the spirit of civil society, and say such ballots back home will be milestones in turning hard-won freedoms into lasting democracy. Fifteen activists and election officials ? five each from Tunisia, Egypt and Libya ? met Friday with deputy foreign ministers Krzysztof Stanowski and Jerzy ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Arab Spring activists from Egypt, Tunisia and Libya observing Poland?s election [Oct 07, 2011] WARSAW, Poland ? A group of Arab Spring activists observing Polish parliamentary elections are championing the spirit of civil society, and say such ballots back home will be milestones in turning hard-won freedoms into lasting democracy. Fifteen activists and election officials ? five each from Tunisia, Egypt and Libya ? met Friday with deputy foreign ministers Krzysztof Stanowski and Jerzy ... [via YahooNews] More >>

The Next Page / Pittsburgh doctor, Polish warrior: The Jerzy Einhorn story [Jul 25, 2011] A proud old man died the other day and a window on history closed. Jerzy Einhorn was 92 when he passed away at his Mt. Lebanon home on July 4. He leaves behind a back story from his youth straight from the movies -- a tale full of Nazis, narrow escapes and dangerous liaisons in occupied Poland during World War II. [via YahooNews] More >>

The Next Page / Pittsburgh doctor, Polish warrior: The Jerzy Einhorn story [Jul 24, 2011] A proud old man died the other day and a window on history closed. Jerzy Einhorn was 92 when he passed away at his Mt. Lebanon home on July 4. He leaves behind a back story from his youth straight from the movies -- a tale full of Nazis, narrow escapes and dangerous liaisons in occupied Poland during World War II. [via YahooNews] More >>

Former Polish president Lech Walesa hospitalized [Jun 09, 2011] MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland Lech Walesa, the anti-communist dissident who founded Solidarity in Poland, has been hospitalized in his hometown of Gdansk, officials said Thursday. The former Polish president was taken to the hospital at about noon on Wednesday, his office told The Associated Press. The reason for the unplanned visit was not given. Lawmaker Jerzy Borowczak, a ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Warsaw's comments not released in presidential plane crash report - Polish Interior Minister [Jan 12, 2011] Poland said Russia took into account all Warsaw's comments and queries in a report on the Polish presidential plane crash on April 10 that killed then President Lech Kaczynski and 95 other top officials, but did not reflect all of them in the new report, Polish Interior Minister Jerzy Miller said. [via YahooNews] More >>