The México y Polonia: camino compartido (Mexico and Poland: A Common Path) exhibition has been mounted at the city's Museum of the Second World War to mark more than 90 years since Mexico and Poland established diplomatic relations.
Tracing the history of bilateral ties, the show focuses on Polish General Władysław Sikorski's trip to Mexico in December 1942.
It features photographs from the visit, during which an agreement was signed to enable the establishment of a temporary safe haven for 1,453 Polish World War II refugees at Colonia Santa Rosa near the Mexican city of León.
A dinner thrown in honour of Gen. Władysław Sikorski (seated, centre) in Mexico City in 1942. Photo: Enrique Díaz/National Archives of Mexico
An initiative by the Mexican embassy, the display was put together with the help of researchers from the University of Warsaw and the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Polish state news agency PAP reported.
The Mexican ambassador to Poland, Juan Sandoval Mendiolea, attended the opening of the exhibition on Thursday.
The museum's acting director, Grzegorz Berendt, said at the opening that the show offered "a unique opportunity to find out about different aspects of Polish-Mexican relations in the context of World War II."
The exhibition consists of 40 photographs from the National Archives of Mexico and Poland's National Digital Archives, the PAP news agency reported.
It runs until August 4.
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Source: PAP, Mexican Embassy Warsaw