Claude Lanzmann Shoah Collection, Interview with Jan Karski (part 11)
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- Now, after a few months of my secret activities, reporting on the situation in Poland, secret reports, it became evident. I saw too many people. I became known. Decision was made. I am not going back to Poland during the war. From that moment, I began my activities. I delivered over 200 lectures. Either I contributed to articles or I wrote articles, or I inspired articles by more talented writers than I was in-
- This means you talk to everybody.
- Yes. In the most important dailies of Great Britain and the United States. Eventually, my book was published. My book-
- Show me, turn the pages.
- My book became very popular. It became Book of the Month Club.
- Yes.
- Now, as a result of my lectures, the activities, and the book all over the American press, the British Press. Articles emerged. Soviet Russia, official magazine published, by the way, also articles. Here you have mostly American. You have the same, naturally, in France. Eventually, my book was published in France, Sweden, Norway.
- Yes, but this was after the war. What does it mean? What was the during the war?
- So these are the articles, reviews, either of my various lectures or on my book. Well, you have them here.
- Yes, there are many.
- Congressional record.
- Everything was known. Time.
- Time magazine.
- New York Harold.
- New York Herald Tribune. The American Mercury. My visit to the Warsaw Ghetto. Collier's. Well, look here. Articles-
- That is New York Herald Tribune.
- Which were published in the most important papers. New York, Bazaar.
- San Francisco.
- Pittsburgh. Boston, Massachusetts. Poland Fides.
- Congress.
- Congress Weekly. This was, of course, Jewish, the American Mercury.
Collier's.
Collier's. A feature magazine with some artists which tried to depict, evidently, Bełżec camp on my report.
- It's well done, no?
- Yes, essentially it does give the spirit of it, if not the natural details. My point is-
- They knew everything.
- The public opinion knew at that time. Evidently, the governments knew. Evidently, very important intellectuals knew. I have to say, many of them did try to do their best. With the, however, final result, Hitler won his war.
- In spite of this?
- Yes.
- It's rather suggestive.
- The Jews were left alone to perish. Unhelpful. Unhelpful.
- Okay, that's good.. Not so fast.
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Właściciel/Owner: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Jan Karski prowadził tajne działania i raportował o sytuacji w Polsce podczas wojny. Z powodu rosnącej rozpoznawalności zdecydowano, że nie wróci do Polski podczas wojny. Karski wygłosił ponad 200 wykładów i przyczynił się do artykułów w czołowych gazetach w Wielkiej Brytanii i Stanach Zjednoczonych. Jego książka stała się bardzo popularna, zdobywając wyróżnienie w Book of the Month Club. Artykuły i recenzje jego wykładów i książki były publikowane w amerykańskich, brytyjskich, sowieckich, francuskich, szwedzkich i norweskich mediach.
Publikacje takie jak magazyn Time, New York Herald Tribune i Collier's prezentowały jego prace. Raporty Karskiego zawierały szczegóły dotyczące wizyt w warszawskim getcie i obozie w Bełżcu. Podkreślał, że opinia publiczna, rządy i intelektualiści byli świadomi sytuacji. Pomimo rozpowszechniania informacji, Hitlerowi udało się kontynuować swoje wysiłki wojenne. Karski zaznaczył, że Żydzi zostali porzuceni i pozostawieni na śmierć bez pomocy.
Jan Karski engaged in secret activities and reported on the situation in Poland during the war. Due to his increasing visibility, it was decided that he would not return to Poland during the war. Karski delivered over 200 lectures and contributed to articles in major dailies in Great Britain and the United States. His book became widely popular, earning a Book of the Month Club selection. Articles and reviews of his lectures and book were published in American, British, Soviet, French, Swedish, and Norwegian media. Publications like Time magazine, New York Herald Tribune, and Collier's featured his work. Karski's reports included details about visiting the Warsaw Ghetto and Bełżec camp. He emphasized that the public, governments, and intellectuals were aware of the situation.
Despite the dissemination of information, Hitler succeeded in his war efforts. Karski highlighted the abandonment of the Jews, who were left to perish without help.