Commemoration of Consul Konstanty Rokicki
A ceremony was held in Lucerne, Switzerland, on October 9, 2018, to unveil a new tombstone for Konstanty Rokicki. Under the auspices of Aleksander Lados, Consul Rokicki prepared hundreds of South American passports for Jewish refugees who were at risk of deportation to a death camp. After the war, Rokicki lived in poverty and was buried in a mass grave. Subsequently, his remains were identified using genetic testing and he was buried with due honors.
The photographs below show members of the International Committee of the Lados Group in attendance at the unveiling ceremony.
Sebastian Lados, Chair of the International Committee of the Lados Group, and Heidi Fishman, Committee Member
Sebastian Lados and Malgorzata Sadkowska, Committee Member and relative of Konstanty Rokicki
Sebastian Lados (left) and Mr. Dinkel, of Israel, with the Lados Group passport that saved his ancestor
Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland, with Michael Schudrich, Chief Rabbi of Poland, and members of the Committee
Sebastian Lados and Heidi Fishman with her book, Tutti’s Promise, which tells the story of her father, who was saved thanks to a passport from the Lados Group
Sebastian Lados (left) and Malgorzata Sadkowska (right) with Channa Colthof, Committee Member, with the Lados Group passport that saved her parents.
Sebastian Lados (left) with Markus Blechner, Committee Member and Honorary Consul of the Republic of Poland in Zurich, whose father Jakub cooperated with the Lados Group
Sebastian Lados and Malgorzata Sadkowska unveiling a commemorative plaque dedicated to the Lados Group at the entrance to the Polish Embassy in Switzerland
Plaque at Polish Embassy in Switzerland commemorating the activities of the Lados Group.
Sebastian Lados and Uri Strauss, who survived thanks to a passport from the Lados Group