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According to the Wall Street Journal, Polish officials requested that Walesa accept the Medal of Freedom on behalf of Jan Karski, a member of the Polish Underground during World War II who was being honored posthumously this week. The request makes sense. Walesa and Karski shared a burning desire to rid Poland of tyrannical subjugation. But President Obama said no.

Manhattan corner named for Holocaust hero Associated Press 2009-04-17 05:28 AM A Manhattan street corner has been named after a Polish World War II hero who brought early eyewitness accounts of the Holocaust to the West. Madison Avenue at 37th Street was designated Jan Karski Corner on Thursday. A statue of him stands there, in front of the Polish Consulate. When he died nine years ago in Washington, Karski was a history professor at Georgetown University. Bill Clinton had been one of his students. During the war, Karski was a clandestine Polish government diplomat in exile in London. On a...

Statue salutes Polish man who warned FDR of Nazi camps BY CLARE TRAPASSO DAILY NEWS WRITER Monday, November 12th 2007, 4:00 AM A statue of the Polish hero who warned President Roosevelt in vain of the existence of Nazi concentration camps was unveiled Sunday in front of the Polish Consulate in Manhattan. Former Mayor Ed Koch and Polish dignitaries honored the life of Jan Karski before a crowd of about 150 who gathered on Poland's Independence Day. Karski, a Catholic member of the Polish Underground, repeatedly risked his life and was imprisoned and tortured as he tried to inform the...