A Thousand Photographs from the Private Collection of Stanisław Mierzwa

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The Second Polish Republic

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dr Wojciech Mierzwa

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Stanisław Mierzwa was one of the closest co-workers of Polish Prime Minister Wincenty Witos. His personal archive includes a collection of almost one thousand exceptional photographs illustrating the history of the peasant movement in Poland, as well as the socio-political activity of Mierzwa himself.

From the left: Stanisław Mierzwa, Jan Witaszek, and Józef Marcinkowski during an interview with Professor Stanisław Kot for Znicz magazine

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