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| Keywords: jan karski jankarski sculpture memorial bench chessboard garden trees georgetown outdoor serene Jan Karski memorial sculpture at Georgetown. At his side is a chessboard. Karski was Polish and was captured by Soviets early in WWII. He escaped and went back to Poland to fight Nazis in the Resistance. Was able to travel to the U.S. in 1943 and personally tell FDR of the Holocaust. After the war he earned a Ph.D. from Georgetown and then became a professor there. One of his students in the 1990s was Bill Clinton. He passed away in 2000. Jan Karski memorial sculpture at Georgetown. At his side is a chessboard. Karski was Polish and was captured by Soviets early in WWII. He escaped and went back to Poland to fight Nazis in the Resistance. Was able to travel to the U.S. in 1943 and personally tell FDR of the Holocaust. After the war he earned a Ph.D. from Georgetown and then became a professor there. One of his students in the 1990s was Bill Clinton. He passed away in 2000. | ||||
