New York, N.Y. … The Downstate New York Division of the Polish American Congress headed the Pulaski marchers from New York State as they stepped out on 5th Avenue for the latter part of the parade.
Children of Polish Christian Holocaust Survivors
Joining the Children of Polish Christian Holocaust Survivors of the Polish American Congress was one of their fathers, Walter Kolodziejek with His daughter, Tricia beside him. Mr. Kolodziejek was one of the first prisoners the Germans sent to Auschwitz when they began operating the concentration camp in 1940. For the first two years of operations, most of the prisoners in Auschwitz were Polish Catholics like him.