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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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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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| | NY TIMES SAYS IT PLANS TO STOP SAYING NAZI DEATH CAMPS WERE POLISH 2/2/2006 - Will the mighty New York Times ever get it right when it reports on Poland’s situation in World War II? From what its public editor told Michael Preisler of the Polish
American Congress Holocaust Documentation Committee, it looks
like it will. Its staff is getting a directive from the paper’s senior editor with instructions to be accurate when writing about German death camps in Poland.
What brought up the issue was an obituary in The Times that included a reference to Sobibor a “Polish death camp.” Having
survived more than three years as a prisoner in Auschwitz, Preisler was more than just perturbed when he saw this description
in print. Preisler says he is “sick and tired” of having death camps in German-occupied Poland repeatedly described as “Polish death camps.” The problem was brought to Preisler’s attention by Krzysztof Kasprzyk, Poland’s new Consul General in New York. Kasprzyk had written to The Times’ public editor and asked him not to use the
phrase, “Polish death camp” any more.
“Just don’t ruin my faith in the principles of The New York Times and the proud role in the public service of mass media that I have
believed in for many years,” Kasprzyk told Byron Calame in a tone of exasperation.
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