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Documentary about Henryk Sławik -Polish journalist and politician. During World War II, he gave assistance to Polish refugees, including Jews, in Hungary. As President of the Citizen's Committee for Help for Polish Refugees, he organized help for interned soldiers and civilian refugees after the defeat in September 1939. Together with Jószef Antall, a representative of the Hungarian government, he provided the refugees false documents, which saved many of their lives. He also saved many Jewish children, for whom he helped to create an orphanage in Vác near Budapest. It is estimated that Henryk Sławik saved...

Director : Marek Maldis, Grzegorz Łubczyk

Production Year : 2004

Duration : 30

Language : English, Hebrew, Hungarian, Polish

Here is the man - the story of Henryk Sławik and Jozsef Antall

A documentary about Henryk Sławik and Jozsef Antall Sr., a Polish politician and a Hungarian government commissioner, respectively, who saved around 5,000 Polish Jews in Hungary during WWII

Director : Adam Krasnicki

Production Year : 2019