Entitled Passports for Life, the exhibition documents the work of the Ładoś Group, who issued fake passports and citizenship certificates of Latin American countries to Jews.
Their bearers would then be interned and later exchanged for German prisoners of war. They could thus avoid being transported to death camps.
The so-called “passport initiative” was launched by Polish diplomats in cooperation with Jewish circles in Bern, Switzerland, in 1941.
In addition to Aleksander Ładoś, the group included Konstanty Rokicki, Abraham Silberschein, Chaim Eiss, Stefan Ryniewicz, and Juliusz Kühl.
Aleksander Ładoś (1891-1963) Image: Wikimedia Commons [Public domain]
The activities of the Ładoś Group have only become widely known in recent years.
The exhibition in Aberdeen runs until January 31.
On January 9, World War II historian Roger Moorhouse and Monika Maniewska of Poland’s Pilecki Institute will give a talk about the heroic acts of the Ładoś Group at the exhibition venue.
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