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trained as a historian or curator, but Holocaust. It has also worked with
the AJC over the years, including
as a marketer. But, no one who has
sponsoring the Global Diplomatic
met him can deny his contagious
Seder at Temple Israel in 2016.
enthusiasm and intense dedica-
The Forbidden Art exhi-
tion to his work. Indeed,
bition itself, administered
Chumiecki is a promoter
TOP: Rabbi Aaron
by the Polish Mission, has
supreme and a classic
Bergman from Adat
traveled almost 8,000 miles
“idea” person.
Shalom blows the
to 15 venues across the U.S.,
One of Chumiecki’s
shofar at the
including the Eisenhower
ideas permeates his work:
Polish Mission.
Presidential Museum for
“Polish culture is often
ABOVE: Martin
like a coin, with one side
Chumiecki receiving the 70th anniversary com-
memoration of the D-Day
being Jewish and the other
the Cavalier’s Cross
Polish. Our programming,
of the Order of Merit. landings in 2014 and the
United Nations for the
our exhibits, partnerships,
70th anniversary of the liberation of
and the like, aim to show the reali-
Auschwitz in 2014.
ties of the heritage of my first coun-
The work of the Polish Mission has
try. It is impossible to ignore the
richness of Jewish culture in Poland.” not gone unnoticed and has been
recognized by world leaders like for-
To this end, he has reached out to
mer president Barack Obama, Israeli
partner with Detroit’s Jewish com-
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
munity, as well as those in Poland.
and Pope Francis.
He has developed partnerships with
The Polish Mission was also the
major institutions like the POLIN
first institution in North America
Museum of the History of Polish
to earn the Golden Gloria Artis in
Jews, the Museum of Polish History
2015, the highest award bestowed
and the Auschwitz-Birkenau State
by the Polish Ministry of Culture, for
Museum.
Several educational projects spon- its work in promoting the full spec-
trum of Polish culture. Minister of
sored by the Mission have focused
Culture, Małgorzata Omilanowska,
on the Jewish experience in Poland
traveled to campus to personally
and have been displayed in Detroit.
present the medal to Chumiecki and
For example, They Risked Their
Orchard Lakes Schools Chancellor-
Lives, a traveling exhibit created by
Rector Msgr. Thomas Machalski.
the POLIN Museum, was shown at
Later that year, the Ambassador of
Temple Israel in West Bloomfield
Poland, Ryszard Schnepf, made a
and at the Isaac Agree Downtown
historic visit to the campus to award
Synagogue in Detroit.
Chumiecki with the Cavalier’s Cross
Locally, the Polish Mission has
of the Order of Merit for his work.
held Holocaust memorials in its
Now, you know a little bit about
Galleria, and partnered with Wayne
State University, Madonna University the Polish Mission and its connec-
tions to Jewish Detroit. This will
and the University of Michigan to
present the Forbidden Art exhibition make Director Marcin Chumiecki
very happy. •
with programming on Jews and the

