Summer Work Travel Photo Exhibit Opens in Krakow

Consul General Walter Braunohler and Krakow Pedagogical University Deputy Rector Kazimierz Karolczak opened an impressive photographic exhibit showcasing the 25 finalist photos of the 2015 Summer Work Travel Photo (SWT) Contest, which U.S. Consulate Krakow and U.S. Embassy Warsaw jointly organized in fall 2015.  The opening gathered over 200 university students and faculty.  The aim of ... Read More»

Ambassador Paul Jones and Consul General Walter Braunohler Visit Jasna Góra

On January 27, Ambassador Paul Jones and Consul General Walter Braunohler visited the Jasna Góra Monastery in Czestochowa, a famous Polish shrine to St. Mary. The guests were greeted by the monastery’s deputy abbot, Fr. Mieczysław Polak and were given a tour of the Basilica and the Library. The Pauline monks’ monastery was founded in ... Read More»

71st Anniversary of the Liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau German Nazi Death Camp

Ambassador Paul Jones and Consul General Walter Braunohler joined Polish President Andrzej Duda, Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic and 300 others at a ceremony commemorating the 71st Anniversary of the Liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau German Nazi Death Camp on January 27.  This day also marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day.  During the ceremony, survivors of Auschwitz told ... Read More»

The 73rd Annual Christmas Crèche Contest in Krakow

Each year, on the first Thursday in December, a creche contest is held in the main market square in Krakow. 2015 marks the 73rd contest, but for Consul General Walter Braunohler it was the first he had a chance to experience since he arrived at post in August this year. On the day of the competition creche ... Read More»
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