French Consul General Mourier, left, prepared to embrace Grohoski after presenting him with his medal. Polish World War II veteran Marion Grohoski was awarded the Legion of Honor Wednesday January ...

But France had one trump card—a powerful Polish Legion, who fought for France in hopes that Napoleon would help to restore Polish independence. But the Poles were told that it was a prison ...

FRENCH PAPERS - Friday, Feb. 16, 2018: An online petition aims to award the French legion of honour to the group of Polish climbers who saved a French woman's life in the Himalayas. But first, we ...

In recognition of Skowron's heroics, a roundabout in Dechy now bears his name, while in 2020, French President Emmanuel Macron granted him the Legion of Honour, according to the dzieje.pl website.

WARSAW, Poland (JTA) — Eleonora Bergman, a Polish Jewish historian and former director of the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw, was awarded the French Legion of Honor.