Aleksander Wacław Ładoś [alɛ'ksandɛr 'wadoɕ] was a Polish politician and diplomat, who 1940-45 headed the Legation of Poland to Switzerland.
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Aleksander Wacław Ładoś [alɛ'ksandɛr 'wadoɕ] was a Polish politician and diplomat, who 1940-45 headed the Legation of Poland to Switzerland. Ładoś was a member and de facto leader of the Ładoś Group, also known as Bernese Group, a secret action by the Polish diplomats and Jewish organizations who helped save several hundred Jews from the Holocaust by providing them with illegal Latin American, mostly Paraguayan passports.
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Lived 1891 to 1963 · aged 72
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