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(ANSA) - WARSAW, OCT 7 - The Italian ambassador to Warsaw, Luca Franchetti Pardo, participated today on the central “Nowy Świat” Street in the Polish capital in the unveiling ceremony of a commemorative plaque dedicated to Luciana Frassati Gawrońska (1902–2007), a figure of extraordinary importance in the history of relations between Italy and Poland in the 20th century, as well as the sister of St. Pier Giorgio Frassati. The event, organized by the Frassati Foundation and held under the honorary patronage of the Italian Embassy in Warsaw, was attended by the Apostolic Nuncio to Poland, H.E. Archbishop Antonio Guido Filipazzi, and was attended by representatives of city institutions and the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as an audience of public and private figures close to the Frassati Gawroński family. Having formed a bond with Poland and Warsaw through her marriage to a Polish diplomat, Luciana Frassati Gawroński, “the Italian woman who fell in love with Poland” (as the plaque states), traveled to Nazi-occupied Poland no fewer than seven times during World War II, carrying out clandestine and humanitarian activities in support of the Polish resistance. Thanks to her intervention, some of the professors from the Jagiellonian University in Kraków—who had been arrested by the Germans on November 6, 1939, and sent to concentration camps—were released. ““Luciana Frassati Gawrońska was an extraordinary figure of the 20th century who, through her example and constant civic commitment, bore witness to the deep and enduring friendship that unites Italy and Poland, as well as the values of solidarity, generosity, and altruism,” the ambassador emphasized. (ANSA). Read article...
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