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Poland20th century – Second Polish Republic (1918–1939) A set of memorabilia registered under the name Ryszard Romuald Jackowski; the set includes: 1) Provisional Certificate for the Cross of Valor of General Stanisław Bułak-Bałachowicz’s Army, 2) Duplicate of the Legion Cross award, 3) Duplicate of the Polish Military Organization (P.O.W.) Cross award, 4) A copy of the certificate of...
![[RESCUE OF THE JEWS — ALEKSANDER ŁADOŚ COLLECTION — 1891 Lviv — Warsaw 1963] ID cards: City Tax Office ID card (1935), PSL Membership Card (1946), and New Year’s Postcard (1942), (Ładoś Group, Bern Group, Diplomacy, Polish Str](https://img1.one.bid/img/10212/3185029_1w.webp)
![[RESCUE OF THE JEWS — ALEKSANDER ŁADOŚ COLLECTION — 1891 Lviv — Warsaw 1963] ID cards: City Tax Office ID card (1935), PSL Membership Card (1946), and New Year’s Postcard (1942), (Ładoś Group, Bern Group, Diplomacy, Polish Str](https://img1.one.bid/img/10212/3185029_2w.webp)
A set of three documents belonging to Aleksander Łados, the legendary Polish diplomat and informal leader of the so-called “Łados Group” / “Bern Group,” which arranged for Latin American passports for European Jews, thereby saving them from the Holocaust. The set includes: PSL membership card, Warsaw, 1946. PSL, Polish People’s Party Paper, handwritten signature of Aleksander Łado...
Dimensions: 42 cm x 31 cm Paper, varnish, ink, paint A handwritten official genealogical and heraldic document. The upper part bears the title “Genealogy of the Noble Kwapiszewski Family of the Pielesz Coat of Arms.” In the center is a colorful depiction of the coat of arms: a red shield with two crossed swords, a helmet with a crown and a plume, mantling, and a stylized panoply. The lower...
![[JUDAICA] General Government/Occupation/Judaica: Official Gazette, Warsaw, February 25, 1941 — Trade with Jews Outside the Ghetto](https://img1.one.bid/img/10177/3175031_1w.webp)
![[JUDAICA] General Government/Occupation/Judaica: Official Gazette, Warsaw, February 25, 1941 — Trade with Jews Outside the Ghetto](https://img1.one.bid/img/10177/3175031_2w.webp)
The official German-Polish edition titled “Mitteilungsblatt der Stadt Warschau / Dziennik Obwieszczeń Miasta Warszawy” (No. 8, dated November 25, 1941). This is a rare and poignant testament to the restrictive policies of the German occupiers in Warsaw during World War II. The front page features the “Regulation on the Sale of Goods to Jews Outside the Jewish Residential District within...
![[ZOŚKA BATTALION] Home Army Cross ID Card: Jan Drac - Szare Seregi, "Zośka" Battalion, "Rudy" Company](https://img1.one.bid/img/9644/3193148_1w.webp)
![[ZOŚKA BATTALION] Home Army Cross ID Card: Jan Drac - Szare Seregi, "Zośka" Battalion, "Rudy" Company](https://img1.one.bid/img/9644/3193148_2w.webp)
Home Army Cross ID card issued to Home Army soldier Jan Drac, codename “Prot.” The document confirms the award of the decoration for activities in the Polish Underground State during 1939–1945. Jan Drąg served in the Home Army and the Gray Ranks, in the “Zośka” battalion, “Rudy” company, in Warsaw. The Home Army Cross was established on August 1, 1966, by the commander of the H...
A set of Deutsche Reichspost documents, including an identification card (Ausweiskarte) and refund and cancellation forms (Rückzahlungs- und Kündigungsscheine). A Postal Savings Bank savings book (Postsparbuch) along with its corresponding red account identification card (Postsparbuch Ausweiskarte). Overall condition as shown in the photos.
![[POSTHUMOUS AWARD] Polish People](https://img1.one.bid/img/9644/3193149_1w.webp)
![[POSTHUMOUS AWARD] Polish People](https://img1.one.bid/img/9644/3193149_2w.webp)
Certificate for the Warsaw Uprising Cross, awarded posthumously on December 13, 1989, to Antoni Siemianowski. Antoni Siemianowski, alias “Nunek,” was born on October 10, 1923, in Brest-on-the-Bug, the son of Edward and Helena. During the Warsaw Uprising, he served as a rifleman in the Home Army, fighting in the Northern Downtown area. He was assigned to the 5th Company of the 2nd Battalion...
PolandŁódź Ghetto Number 44, issued to Otto Vorndran, born in Tuszyn bent horizontally
Certificate of award of the Warsaw Uprising Cross issued by the Council of State of the Polish People’s Republic. The document was issued on April 27, 1983, in the name of Anna Dulęba, daughter of Aleksander. Anna Halina Dulęba, alias “Ewa,” was born on April 27, 1898, in Lutowiska, the daughter of Aleksander and Stanisława. During the occupation, she served at the Home Army Headquart...
![[POSTHUMOUS ID CARD] Home Army/Emigration Home Army Cross ID Card Issued Posthumously to Antoni Gawroński, alias “Marian,” Security Company, Warsaw District](https://img1.one.bid/img/9644/3193146_1w.webp)
![[POSTHUMOUS ID CARD] Home Army/Emigration Home Army Cross ID Card Issued Posthumously to Antoni Gawroński, alias “Marian,” Security Company, Warsaw District](https://img1.one.bid/img/9644/3193146_2w.webp)
Home Army Cross ID card issued posthumously to Home Army soldier Antoni Gawroński, alias “Marian.” The document confirms the award of the decoration for service in the Polish Underground State during the years 1939–1945. Antoni Gawroński, alias “Marian,” served in the Security Company of the Warsaw District The Home Army Cross was established on August 1, 1966, by the commander of ...
![[POSTHUMOUS ID CARD]Home Army/Emigration Home Army Cross ID Card Issued Posthumously to Kazimierz Stamirowski, alias “Gorlicki,” Security Company, Warsaw District—Polish Legions, Pawiak, Auschwitz](https://img1.one.bid/img/9644/3193147_1w.webp)
![[POSTHUMOUS ID CARD]Home Army/Emigration Home Army Cross ID Card Issued Posthumously to Kazimierz Stamirowski, alias “Gorlicki,” Security Company, Warsaw District—Polish Legions, Pawiak, Auschwitz](https://img1.one.bid/img/9644/3193147_2w.webp)
This is a Home Army Cross ID card issued posthumously to Home Army soldier Kazimierz Stamirowski, alias “Gorlicki.” The document confirms the award of the decoration for his activities in the Polish Underground State during the years 1939–1945. Kazimierz Stamirowski served in the Security Company of the Warsaw District The Home Army Cross was established on August 1, 1966, by the command...
A hand-made greeting card from veterans of the 2nd Horse Artillery Squadron, addressed to an unnamed major of the 2nd Horse Artillery Division. Created on the occasion of the veterans’ visit to the battlefield in 1981. Signatures of the soldiers on the reverse. 10.2 x 13.7. Condition shown in the attached photos.
An original admission ticket to the Olympic track and field events at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. The ticket granted admission to the Olympic Stadium (Olympiastadion) on August 8 for the sessions held at 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Dimensions: 6 cm x 9 cm. Overall condition as shown in the photos.
An occupation-era identity card issued in Augustów in 1943 in the name of Irena Dembik. Dimensions: 12 x 8.3. The condition of the card is shown in the attached photos.
![[A CARICATURE OF NAPOLEON?] Luiza of Hohenzollern, née Radziwiłł (?) (1770, Berlin – Berlin, 1836) – ca. 1815 - Drawing on an Envelope, Royal Secret Chancellery of the Minister of Justice (Prussia, Napoleonic Period, Poznań, Sphragistics, Seal, Caricature](https://img1.one.bid/img/10212/3185024_1w.webp)
![[A CARICATURE OF NAPOLEON?] Luiza of Hohenzollern, née Radziwiłł (?) (1770, Berlin – Berlin, 1836) – ca. 1815 - Drawing on an Envelope, Royal Secret Chancellery of the Minister of Justice (Prussia, Napoleonic Period, Poznań, Sphragistics, Seal, Caricature](https://img1.one.bid/img/10212/3185024_2w.webp)
Dimensions: 19 cm x 11 cm Paper, lacquer An envelope addressed to Luiza (Fryderyka Dorota Filipina) Radziwiłł, née Hohenzollern, from the Royal Secret Chancellery of the Minister of Justice, featuring an authentic hand-drawn sketch by Luiza Dorota Radziwiłł. Seal in red wax, with the inscription “Konigl. Geheime Canzley des Iustiz Ministers.” Condition as shown in the photos. Luiza (F...
A document confirming military service and describing the service records of three soldiers of the Polish Legions. The document comes from the Military Archives and the Józef Piłsudski 1st Polish Legions Regiment Association in Lublin. Tadeusz Stanisław Tomaszewski “Bończa” (born in 1894 in Kharkiv)—son of Józef and Seweryna. He lived in Chełm at 70 Lubelska Street. He was a traine...
A document confirming the military service of three soldiers of the Polish Legions and describing the course of their service. The document comes from the Military Archives and the Józef Piłsudski 1st Polish Legions Regiment Association in Lublin. Jan Mieszkowski (born 1890 in Kalisz)—son of Feliks and Marta, soldier of the Polish Legions. He joined the Legions on October 4, 1914, serving ...
Two propaganda leaflets from the Third Reich: a leaflet with the slogan “Rückgrat! Meine Herren!” and a propaganda leaflet encouraging resistance against the alleged injustice of the judicial system toward Germans. It contains slogans emphasizing the importance of German unity and loyalty to the National Socialist movement, calling for participation in a mass rally on October 9 at the “...
Dimensions: 23 x 19 cm Paper, ink, varnish Three letters describing the situation in the territories of the Duchy of Warsaw and the Russian Empire during Napoleon’s campaign against Russia in 1812. Visible “KS” signatures and damaged wax seals bearing the Jelita coat of arms. Condition as shown in the photos. Karol Wincenty Saryusz Skórkowski of the Jelita coat of arms (1768, Jankowice ...
![[January Uprising] Manuscript by Ferdynand Hałatkiewicz, 1863](https://img1.one.bid/img/9872/3132690_1w.webp)
![[January Uprising] Manuscript by Ferdynand Hałatkiewicz, 1863](https://img1.one.bid/img/9872/3132690_2w.webp)
Open letter from Ferdynand Hałatkiewicz, administrator of the estates of the Aleksander Wielopolski Entail in Chrobrze, dated Kraków, March 18, 1863. Manuscript, 4 pages, 34 x 21 cm. Signs of folding and a slight tear on the top margin. Manuscript of an open letter that was ultimately never published, intended for publication in the Kraków-based newspaper *Czas*, written by Ferdynand Hałat...
DW The Reichsführer-SS / The Head of the Security Main Office: The Reichsführer-4 The Head of the Security Main Office Registration of Leading Figures of the Nazi Era Named Proscription Lists of Enemies of the Reich Secret Document for the Reichsführer-SS
A bilingual (Polish-German) document from 1940, constituting a commitment by a soldier released from German captivity to undertake work assigned by the Germans. The document was issued at Stalag XA (Schleswig-Holstein) in the name of “Kuczyński” (resident of Poznań). 28.5 x 20.5. The condition of the document is shown in the attached photos.
![[JUDAICA] World War II/Occupation: Order to the Łódź Ghetto – 1941 – Łódź/Litzmannstadt](https://img1.one.bid/img/10177/3175032_1w.webp)
![[JUDAICA] World War II/Occupation: Order to the Łódź Ghetto – 1941 – Łódź/Litzmannstadt](https://img1.one.bid/img/10177/3175032_2w.webp)
This document is an order dated February 21, 1941, issued during the existence of the Łódź Ghetto (Litzmannstadt Ghetto). It originates from the Technisches Handelsbüro Adolf R. Both. Order No. 0116 concerns the purchase of several technical components (threaded bodies) for Hermann Eichler’s company. The condition “cash on delivery” and the price of 11 RM are noted. The document is a...
![[RESCUING JEWS — ALEKSANDER ŁADOŚ 1891 Lviv — 1963 Warsaw] Samuel Tyszkiewicz (1889, Warsaw — 1954, Castel d’Aiano), New Year’s Card for Aleksander Ładoś, Florence, December 24, 1949 (Diplomacy, Polish Parliamentarism, the Ładoś Group, Ładoś’s Passports)](https://img1.one.bid/img/10212/3185030_1w.webp)
![[RESCUING JEWS — ALEKSANDER ŁADOŚ 1891 Lviv — 1963 Warsaw] Samuel Tyszkiewicz (1889, Warsaw — 1954, Castel d’Aiano), New Year’s Card for Aleksander Ładoś, Florence, December 24, 1949 (Diplomacy, Polish Parliamentarism, the Ładoś Group, Ładoś’s Passports)](https://img1.one.bid/img/10212/3185030_2w.webp)
Dimensions: 21 cm x 9 cm Paper, print Handwritten signature of Samuel Tyszkiewicz dated 12/24 Condition as shown in the photos Aleksander Wacław Ładoś (1891, Lviv – 1963, Warsaw) was a Polish diplomat, consular official, journalist, and politician, and one of the most important figures in the Polish Foreign Service during World War II. He was born on July 27, 1891, in Lviv, and died on De...
Archival collection of a Polish émigré magazine “Życie. Katolicki Tygodnik Religijno-Kulturalny,” bound in the form of a commemorative yearbook. It is a valuable historical source documenting the postwar activities of the Polish independence and religious émigré community in Great Britain during the 1950s. The first photo shows the title page of the official table of contents for the ...
A bilingual (Polish-French) document addressed to soldiers of the Infantry Division at the Elgg camp. A reprint from that period. Document from May 1942. 29.5 x 21 cm. Condition shown in the attached photos.
DW Activity Report PROVINCIAL CIVIC COMMITTEE FOR THE PROTECTION OF MONUMENTS IN ZIELONA GÓRA FOR THE PERIOD 1961–1967
An illustrated supplement to *Express Poranny* dated August 7, 1938. Dimensions: 38 x 27 cm. The item’s condition is shown in the attached photos.
A propaganda leaflet addressed to Wehrmacht soldiers, urging them to surrender, states that 45 German generals had been taken prisoner, including Field Marshal Paulus, had called on the army and the nation to overthrow Hitler and bring the war to an immediate end. It emphasized that the generals were neither traitors nor cowards, but experienced commanders who had concluded that the war was lo...
Dimensions: 22 x 14.5 cm Material: paper, cardboard Published in Poznań in 1869 by Jan Żupański’s Bookstore. Stamps from Karol Wild’s bookstore in Lviv and the Public Library of the Lviv Regional Branch of the People’s School Society: “Ed. Pietrzycki” ownership stamp Condition as shown in the photos. Leon Potocki (1799, Kochanów – Riga, 1864) – a Polish aristocrat, diarist, a...
An illustrated supplement to *Express Poranny* dated August 14, 1938. Dimensions: 38 x 27 cm. The item’s condition is shown in the attached photos.
A postcard sent by Wincenty Koza, a resident of Sosnowiec, addressed to the Independence Cross Committee in Warsaw, as we can read from the text of the postcard, the author states that on September 18, 1936, he submitted an application to the Independence Cross Committee requesting the award of the decoration. As of the time of writing this letter, he had not received any response or informati...
A set of four issues of the newspaper “Wiadomości,” published by the Association of Former Soldiers of the 2nd Grenadier Brigade, from the 1960s. Overall condition as shown in the photos.
paper, print; dimensions ranging from 4.3 x 3.7 cm to 7.5 x 10.7 cm Condition: The largest leaflet has creases.
paper, print; 10.6 x 15 cm
paper, print; 12.5 x 8.5 cm
paper, print; dimensions ranging from 5 x 9 cm to 10 x 15 cm
paper, print; 21 x 15 cm Condition: crease in the upper right corner.
The brochure describes the formation and activities of the Home Army, established in 1939 on the orders of Commander-in-Chief Edward Rydz-Śmigły. It lists the successive commanders of the Home Army (Tokarzewski, Rowecki, Komorowski, Okulicki) and provides its strength—over 740,000 people prior to Operation “Burza.” It describes the scale of the struggle against the occupier, the main r...
dw COUNCIL FOR THE PROTECTION OF MONUMENTS TO STRUGGLE AND MARTYRDOM DRAFT- - material for further study 25 CONCENTRATION CAMPS AND EXTERMINATION CAMPS ON POLISH TERRITORY IN 1939–1945 Western Press Agency Compiled by Janusz Gumkowski
DWdamaged cover Main Commission for the Investigation of Nazi Crimes in Poland Nazi Camps on Polish Territory1939–1945G E T T Otypescript resembling a manuscript
DW NSDAP MEMBERSHIP CARD NSDAP (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei) membership card with a 1933 identity card (Personal-Ausweis) affixed to it, issued in the name of Paul Rasch.
dw PROJECT- - material for study WEHRMACHT PRISONER-OF-WAR CAMPS ON POLISH TERRITORY IN THE YEARS 1939–1945 compiled by Szymon Datner
DW The document pictured is an original Prussian royal edict (Patent) dated September 13, 1772, issued in Berlin by George Jacob Decker’s royal court printing house. It concerns the inhabitants of Prussia and Pomerania, as well as the territories of the former Kingdom of Poland occupied by Prussia as a result of the First Partition of PolandDocument InformationTitle: Royal Prussian Patent to...
dw COUNCIL FOR THE PROTECTION OF MONUMENTS OF STRUGGLE AND MARTYRDOM DRAFT- - material for further study sime TRANSIT CAMPS FOR THE CIVILIAN POPULATION ON POLISH TERRITORY IN THE YEARS 1939–1945 Compiled by: Introduction—Henryk Migała Documentation by Teresa Kardacz
Study material: LABOR CAMPS IN POLISH TERRITORY, 1939–1945, compiled by Kazimierz Leszczyński
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dw PROJECT - material for study LABOR CAMPS ON POLISH TERRITORY IN THE YEARS 1939–1945 compiled by Kazimierz Leszczyński Part I
dw Kazinierz Leszczyński Labor Camps on Polish Territory, 1939–1945
DW Document Certificate of Partnership between the town of Haren (Ems) – Federal Republic of Germany the municipality of Vlagtwedde – Kingdom of the Netherlands and the City of Międzyrzecz – Republic of Poland
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