commemorate liberation Nazi concentration camps

January 21, 2005

President George W. Bush today announced his designation of a Presidential Delegation to a special session of the United Nations General Assembly to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps on January 24, 2005.

The Honorable Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of Defense, will lead the delegation.

Members of the Presidential Delegation are:

The Honorable Anne Patterson, Acting Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations Henry R. Kravis, Founding Partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. Bryce Sandler, President, Sandler and Associates # # #

For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary January 21, 2005 Personnel Announcement
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Death of Jan Nowak-Jezioranski

Statement on Jan Nowak-Jezioranski Recognizing the Death of Jan Nowak-Jezioranski

President Bush mourns the passing in Warsaw of Jan Nowak-Jezioranski, a great Polish freedom fighter and American patriot. Jan Nowak's life was devoted to freedom's cause. He was a leader in freedom's struggle in the 20th century from Poland's resistance to the Nazis in World War II through the return of democracy to Poland after 1989, in which he played important roles. Jan Nowak-Jezioranski pursued his values tenaciously, and contributed greatly to the building of a Europe whole, free, and at peace. A longtime leader in the Polish-American community, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1996 in recognition of his achievements on behalf of liberty. # # #

For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary January 21, 2005