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Polish American Congress in Greenpoint (PAC)
Kongres Polonii Amerykańskiej w Greenpoint (KPA)
177 Kent St.
Brooklyn, NY 11222
http://www.polamcon.org
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Contact:
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Frank Milewski
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(718) 263-2700 |
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New York - Downstate |
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Local |
| Year Organized: |
1944 |
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Political Advocacy |
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Mission Statement:
The Polish American Congress is a National Umbrella Organization, representing at least 10 million Americans of Polish descent and origin. Its membership is comprised of fraternal, educational, veteran, religious, cultural, social, business, political organizations and individual membership. The Polish American community prides itself on its deeply rooted commitment to the values of family, faith, democracy, hard work and fulfillment of the American dream. We are present in every state and virtually every community in America, on various social, business and economic levels.
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History/Achievements:
Represented Poland at the 1945 UN Charter Conference and 1946 Paris Peace Conference; an advisory to all the U.S. Presidents; initiated legislation; granted Poland the Most Favored Nation tariff status in 1956 and credits; supported appointments of Polish Americans to high level government positions; supported Congressional funding of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Voice of America, National Endowment for Democracy, Solidarity; supported Poland's admission into NATO.
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Last Updated: 7/3/2001
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| | DR. JAN MOOR-JANKOWSKI, POLISH UNDERGROUND VETERAN AND PATRIOT, DIED IN NEW YORK 9/2/2005 - Dr. Jan Moor-Jankowski, retired professor of forensic medicine at New York University's School of Medicine and consultant to the Holocaust Documentation Committee of the Polish American Congress, died
August 27th in New York City where he lived. He was 81. Dr. Moor-Jankowski took the bullet when he tried to cross enemy lines to rescue a 16-year-old Jewish girl in hiding. He had sworn to her parents, dear
friends of his, that he would protect her during the hostilities. He did and she survived the war. Because of his fluency in German, the Armia Krajowa
provided him with false documentation which allowed him to pose as a German military official and gather intelligence information valuable to the underground.
His disguise helped him rescue and return to Poland many Poles who had been sent to Germany to provide forced labor for the Germans. Conversely, he was
able to transport Jews from Poland to Berlin where they found it easier to hide and where their Yiddish accent was not as noticeable.
After the war, Dr. Moor-Jankowski completed his medical studies in Switzerland and became a research professor
at Geneva University and Cambridge in Great Britain . He came to the United States in 1962 at the invitation of the
National Institute of Health where he would spend the next 30 years as research professor at NYU.
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