American Experts in Poland

Current American Experts in Poland

Fran Drescher named Public Diplomacy Envoy

Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Goli Ameri announced Fran Drescher as the newest Public Diplomacy Envoy on September 8, 2008. Ms. Drescher will join Cal Ripken, Jr. and Michelle Kwan as Public Diplomacy Envoys. “The Nanny” star is a Golden Globe and Emmy nominee, cancer survivor and founder of non-profit organization the Cancer Schmancer Movement. (more) (biography)

Philip and Joseph Bialowitz

Philip Bialowitz with his son Joe Bialowitz

Philip Bialowitz, one of the eight living survivors of the Sobibór concentration camp, will visit Warsaw, Lublin, Wroclaw and Krakow on October 3-26, 2008.  Mr. Bialowitz will visit Poland to talk about his book “Revolt at Sobibór: A Teenager’s Story of Survival in Nazi-Occupied Poland” (published October 2008), which he wrote with a great support of his son Joe. Their meetings will focus on the message of the book that at Sobibór the prisoners not only fought for their lives, but most of all for a world without racism, without genocide. The meetings will be the chance to become for everyone to become "an eyewitness of an eyewitness." The book also presents a moving account of how several heroic Polish Catholics saved his life by hiding him and caring for him after his escape from Sobibór. The book will be accompanied by the letter of Ambassador Victor Ashe who said:

“We owe a debt of gratitude to survivors and rescuers like Philip Bialowitz, Elie Wiesel, and Wladyslaw Bartoszewski for sharing their stories with the world. They serve as a caution for why we must never forget the significance of the pledge “never again.” They also show that the individual can make a difference even against apparently insurmountable odds, which keeps hope alive for all of us.”

The embassy in cooperation with the publisher Wydawnictwo Nasza Księgarnia has prepared a number of speaking events open to the public.

Dr. Andrew A. Michta

Dr. Andrew  A. Michta

During the week of January 12, 2009 Dr. Andrew A. Michta, Professor of National Security Studies and Deputy Director, Senior Executive Seminar, College of International and Security Studies, Garmisch-Partenkirchen will visit Warsaw and Krakow (specifics of his program will be announced later) to participate in speaking events organized by the U.S. embassy and the U.S. Consulate in Krakow.
Dr. Michta is an expert in the areas of international relations, US foreign and national security policy, NATO enlargement, civil-military relations, Central European politics and security. (more)