Members of the International Committee of the Ładoś Group


DR. Sebastian ŁADOŚ, Chair

Judge; relative of Aleksander Ładoś; author of Zanim Bóg odwróci wzrok [Before God Looks Away], about Ładoś.


Eric Saul, Vice Chair

Historian, researcher, educator and creator of the Visas for Life project, which deals with rescue operations carried out by diplomats from various countries.


Monika Maniewska, Secretary

Researcher and co-author of The Ładoś List; Deputy Manager in the Archival Department of the Pilecki Institute


Władysław T. Bartoszewski

Secretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland; son of Władysław Bartoszewski (Auschwitz survivor and resistance fighter – a recipient of the Yad Vashem award “Righteous Among the Nations”).


Markus Blechner

Honorary Consul of the Republic of Poland in Switzerland between 2012-2022; one of the first people to bring light to the subject.


Jeffrey K. Cymbler

Activist and expert on Jewish history from Będzin; founder of the Będzin-Sosnowiec-Zawiercie Area Research Society.


Dr. Piotr CYWIŃSKI

Director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum.


dr. Danura Drywa

Head of the Documentation Department at the Stutthof Museum in Sztutowo.


K. Heidi Fishman

Daughter of Ruth Lichtenstern, who was saved by a Ładoś Group passport; author of Tutti’s Promise about her family’s survival, and one of the Ładoś Group discoverers.


Dr. Wojciech KOZŁOWSKI

Director of the Pilecki Institute.


Monika Krawczyk

Former Director of the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute.


Telecom industry manager. Son of Zygmunt Kuta, soldier of the 2nd Polish Division interned in Switzerland, 1940-1945.

Georges Kuta


ROGER MOORHOUSE

Historian and author specializing in modern German and Polish history. Author of the 2023 book The Forgers: The Forgotten Story of the Holocaust’s Most Audacious Rescue Operation about the Ładoś Group.


Dr. Mordecai Paldiel

Historian; former head of the Righteous Committee at Yad Vashem.


Hanna Radziejowska

Director of the Pilecki Institute in Berlin.


Moshe and Judith Rappoport-Sternbuch

Members of the Switzerland-based Sternbuch family who were very active (mainly behind the scenes) in rescue efforts during the war.


Alexandra Reiter

Granddaughter of Stefan Ryniewicz.


Dr. Sebastian ReJak

Chief Development and External Relations Officer at the Jewish Community Centre of Kraków, JCC, former Director of the American Jewish Centre, Central Europe Office.


Malgorzata Sadkowska

Descendant of Konstanty Rokicki.


Michael Joseph Schudrich

Chief Rabbi of Poland.


Charles (Yechiel) Siegman

Survived the Shoah with Ładoś documents; retired international economist.


Dafna Siegman

Daughter of a Shoah survivor who had Ładoś documents; Jewish educator.


Uri Strauss

Survived the Shoah with a Ładoś passport; a photographer.


dr. ANNA STRÓŻ-PAWŁOWSKA

Manager of the “Called by Name” Department at the Pilecki Institute; former director of the Ulma Family Museum of Poles Saving Jews in World War II.


dr. MATEUSZ SZPYTMA

Deputy President of the Institute of National Remembrance.


PAWEŁ ZALEWSKI

Historian and Polish MP.