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Ceremony at the Katyn Memorial in the Judean Hills outside Jerusalem on May 18, 2022
A ceremony took place at the Katyn Memorial in the Judean Hills outside Jerusalem to commemorate the launch of the activities of the Katyn Foundation for Jewish Families with the presence of several Katyn family members include Giora Bar Nir, Miriam Baram and Yosi Bar Ilan. Representatives of the Polish embassy including the First Secretary were also in attendance. The First Secretary of the Polish Embassy, Giora, Miriam and Yosi all made short speeches as did Luc. The speakers emphasized the importance of educating the public about the Katyn massacre during which about half of the Polish officer corps was murdered including many hundreds of Polish-Jewish officers.
Establishment of the Katyn Foundation for Jewish Families in Warsaw on 6 December 2021
The statutes of the Foundation were signed today in Warsaw by Luc Albinski, the founder, and President of the Foundation in the presence of Elizabeth Mikita, public notary. In attendance were two members of the Foundation’s Council, Tahel Goldsmith, and Aimee Goldsmith. Luc stated that he hoped the creation of the Foundation would contribute towards a greater recognition in Poland and in Israel of the scale of the sacrifice that Katyn represented for the Jewish community in Poland. In this national tragedy, more than 400 Polish-Jewish officers, prisoners of war of the Soviets, were murdered.