Consulate General of Poland, New York City

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Konsulat Generalny Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Nowym Jorku

Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York

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The Joseph Raphael De Lamar House, seat of the Polish Consulate General in New York City
Consulate General of Poland, New York City
Location Madison Avenue, New York City, United States
Address233 Madison Avenue, New York City, New York 10016
Coordinates 40°44′59″N73°58′52″W / 40.7497°N 73.9812°W / 40.7497; -73.9812
InauguratedAugust 14, 1919;105 years ago (1919-08-14) [1]
Consul General Mateusz Sakowicz
Website www.gov.pl

The Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York City (Polish : Konsulat Generalny Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Nowym Jorku) is a consular mission of the Republic of Poland in the United States. It was inaugurated in 1919. The consulate is located in the Joseph Raphael De Lamar House at 233 Madison Avenue, New York City, New York. The Consul General of the Republic of Poland in New York is Adrian Kubicki. [2]

History

On August 14, 1919, the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York City was inaugurated, long before the Polish Embassy in Washington, D.C. [3] [4] It was the first diplomatic post of Poland to be established in the United States. [4] [3]

In July 1945, Consul General Sylwin Strakacz repudiated the new communist Polish Provisional Government of National Unity, and resigned his post. [4]

In December 1972, Poland purchased the Joseph Raphael De Lamar House at 233 Madison Avenue in Manhattan in New York City, New York, and reestablished the consulate at this location. [4]

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Jan Karski statue

In November 2007, the Consulate installed near its entrance as a permanent memorial a life-size statue of Jan Karski sitting on a bench, playing chess. [5] During the Holocaust, at the direction of the Polish government-in-exile, Karski had in disguise and smuggled in by the Jewish underground entered the Warsaw Ghetto and observed Nazi atrocities against the Jews there, and the forced transport of Jews to the Nazi Belzec extermination camp in occupied Poland. [5] [6] Karski then traveled to England and the United States to warn the governments that the Nazis were exterminating Jews in Poland, and encourage them to do something to stop it. [5] [7] He died in 2000, as he was playing chess with a Polish diplomat while sitting on a park bench. [5]

Consuls General of the Republic of Poland in New York City

Second Polish Republic

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Ewa Junczyk-Ziomecka
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Urszula Gacek
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Adrian Kubicki

Polish People's Republic

Third Polish Republic

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