The Archive of Franciszek Wilk – Indomitable Peasant Activist

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Polish Emigration

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Marta Marschner, Andrew Wilk, Krystyna Lenkowska, Henryk Wilk

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IPN Rz 438

Franciszek Wilk, a notable activist in the peasant movement, was an exceptionally brave person, though at the same time modest and selfless. His archive includes invaluable documents and photographs illustrating, among others, the history of the peasant movement in Poland and political life in exile.

Franciszek Wilk, Lvov, September 1938

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Two Tons of Polish History Sailed to the Fatherland

Donated by: Związek Sokolstwa Polskiego w Ameryce (Polish Falcons of America)

Two tons was the weight of the archival materials of the Polish Falcons of America, loaded on a ship that sailed from America to Poland – to the Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance in Warsaw. It is a unique and invaluable collection documenting the history of American Polonia [the Polish diaspora in the US

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''I Discovered the Beauty of Life”: The Diaries of Antoni Macheta

Donated by: Eugeniusz Batko

The diaries of Antoni Macheta, an NCO in the Polish Army, possess not only historical value, but also literary. Author, as an eyewitness of all the events documented in the diaries, did not limit himself to a straightforward account. His diaries also contain a record of his personal opinions thatwent with those.

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All About the Falcons

Donated by: Timothy L. Kuzma, Prezes Polish Falcons of America

The Polish Falcons Alliance of America was established in the spring of 1887 in Chicago as the Polish-American Falcons [Society]. From the very beginning the PFA defined its mission as the promotion of culture, physical activity, and the building of national consciousness.

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