Historic
Statue of Jan Karski
The statue of Jan Karski, also known as the Jan Karski Bench (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈkar.ski]; Polish: Ławeczka Jana Karskiego), is a bronze statue in Manhattan, New York City, United States, in the neighborhood of Murray Hill. It is located at the intersection of 37th Street and Madison Avenue, known as the Jan Karski Corner, in front of the Consulate General of Poland in the Joseph Raphael De Lamar House. The statue is dedicated to Jan Karski (1914–2000), a 20th-century soldier, diplomat, and political scientist, who as a member of the Polish resistance, reported to the Western Allies about state of occupied Poland, Germany's destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto and its operation of extermination camps on Polish soil.
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