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The Doomed Soldiers [of the Anticommunist Polish Underground]

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Elżbieta Amelia Walicka

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IPN BU 3875

On January 21, 1949, in a prison hospital on Rakowiecka Street in Warsaw, Halina Walicka gave birth to a daughter, Elżbieta Amelia. Her father was another prisoner of this infamous prison for political detainees, Lieutenant Wacław Walicki. He never saw his daughter.

Halina Rytel-Walicka in Szczawno-Zdrój, 1948

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“I Vowed to Save History.” The Life and Deeds of Eugeniusz Siemaszko

Donated by: Eugeniusz Siemaszko

Eugeniusz Siemaszko, born in Vilnius. During WWII he joined the ‘Grey Ranks’ and fought in Operation Ostra Brama [the Vilnius Uprising]. His ‘archive of Polishness’ is a rich and varied collection of memorabilia documenting the fight for Poland’s independence in the Vilnius region during WWII.

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A Souvenir from the Prison on Montelupich Street

Donated by: Monika Kwiek

An intricate miniature accordion, hand-made from pieces of bread by Stefan Dudek during his incarceration by the communist Ministry of Public Security (Ministerstwo Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego, MBP), in the prison on Montelupich Street in Krakow, February 20, 1947

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,,Dla wspomnienia wspólnie przeżytych chwil w dobie wojny’’ - pamiętnik Genowefy Głogowskiej

Donated by: Dar anonimowy

Kilka miesięcy temu skontaktował się z nami pewien mężczyzna, który postanowił przekazać nam wyjątkową pamiątkę po swojej ciotce. Jest to pamiętnik z wpisami współosadzonych w obozie pracy przymusowej w mieście Bitterfeld-Wolfen, jednym z podobozów KL Buchenwald na terenie III Rzeszy.

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