Film documents how Polish diplomats helped Jews in WWII

The film, entitled Paszporty Paragwaju (Passports of Paraguay), documents the efforts of a group of Polish wartime diplomats based in Bern, Switzerland, who fabricated passports for Jews from ghettos in German-occupied Poland to save them from the Holocaust.

The group, led by Aleksander Ładoś, Poland's ambassador to Switzerland at the time, is credited with helping thousands of Jews escape from Poland at a time when the country was under Nazi German occupation.

Poland's Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz said in late December that Ładoś was a role model for all those working in international relations, a “man of courage and diplomatic talent” who skillfully navigated the intricacies of wartime politics to save people's lives.

The documentary, which was due to premiere at Warsaw’s Muranów cinema on Wednesday, has been produced by Poland’s Institute of National Remembrance (IPN), public broadcaster Polish Radio has reported.

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Source: Polish Radio