Awards
- Knight's Cross of the Virtuti Militari (1944, highest Polish military award)
- Cross of Valour (Krzyż Walecznych)
- Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Merit of the Polish Republic (1993)
- Order of the White Eagle (1994, highest Polish award)
- Kisiel Prize (1999)
- Lumen Mundi (2001)
- Ksawery Pruszyński Award (2001)
- Man of Reconciliation (2002), awarded by the Polish Council of Christians and Jews for his contribution to Christian-Jewish dialogue in Poland
- Wiktor and Superwiktor (2003) Awards of the Academy of Television
- Gold Statue of the Business Centre Club for his contribution to the development of Polish democracy awarded by Business Centre Club (2003)
- Presidential Medal of Freedom (1996, highest civilian award in the United States)
- Grand Cross of Order of Duke Gediminas (the highest Lithuanian civilian award)
- Honorary citizen of Warsaw, Gdansk and Kraków
- Prize. Xavier Pruszynski, granted by the Polish PEN Club
- Golden Microphone
- Diamond Microphone
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