Henryk Sławik Award Winners

The ASPJ’s Henryk Sławik Award is bestowed upon an individual who, or organisation which, contributes to a greater understanding of the unique and dynamic contribution by the Polish Jewish community to the all-embracing Polish culture and ethos.

The Award is dedicated in memory of the great Polish diplomat, politician and humanitarian, who saved several thousand Jews between 1940 and 1944, and who was subsequently murdered in the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria.

2021 AWARD RECIPIENT

Arnold Zable

writer, novelist, storyteller and human rights advocate,
working to counter religious prejudices and to protect human rights

2019 AWARD RECIPIENT

Natalie Suleyman, MP

Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly,
Co-Convenor of the Victorian Parliamentary Friends of Poland

2018 AWARD RECIPIENTS

Marian Pawlik, OAM
and the
Polish Community Council
of Victoria Inc.

2017 AWARD RECIPIENTS

Sue Hampel, OAM (left)
and
Frances Prince (right)

2016 AWARD RECIPIENT

Krzysztof Łańcucki, OAM

Past President,
Polish Commmunity Council of Victoria

2014 AWARD RECIPIENT

Pauline Rockman, OAM

Co-President,
Jewish Holocaust Centre, Melbourne

2012 AWARD RECIPIENTS

Lucyna Artymiuk (left)
and
Krystyna Duszniak (right)

2011 AWARD RECIPIENT

Dr George Łuk-Kozika, OAM

Honorary Consul-General,
Melbourne, Victoria
Republic of Poland