Warsaw Rising Museum

Toomas Hendrik Ilves was honoured with the Medal of the Courier from Warsaw. The Award Gala took place yesterday at the Warsaw Rising Museum.

💬'Both Jan Nowak-Jeziorański and Toomas Hendrik Ilves, guided by the history of their nations and a thorough analysis of current events, warned shortly before the collapse of the Soviet Union about the risk of a resurgence and intensification of imperial tendencies in Russia, which, with the passivity of the West, could pose a serious threat to the security of Central and Eastern Europe and, consequently, also to the United States and its European allies', said Jerzy Koźmiński, member of the Award Chapter of the Courier from Warsaw Medal

Read more: https://www.1944.pl/en/article/toomas-hendrik-ilves-honoured-with-the-medal-of,5450.html

We are proud to announce that Mr Toomas Hendrik Ilves, the former President of Estonia 🇪🇪, was decorated at the Warsaw Rising Museum yesterday with the Medal of the Courier from Warsaw. Congratulations! The medal is presented to distinguished🌍leaders.

📺We kindly invite you to watch the whole ceremony here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QmgYfez5_s

Be with us on 21.01.2024 for the presentation of The Medal of the Courier from Warsaw that is given annually to distinguished leaders who strengthen 🇵🇱relations with the West and act for freedom and democracy.
◾️Live broadcast & on our YT channel:
https://www.youtube.com/live/1QmgYfez5_s?si=jPPznjo94Szb3N0T

Never forget what comes of the war.

We bid farewell to Maria Wiśniewska "Malina" who served as a liason in the in the legendary Battalion.

After WW2 she studied journalism and history. She was a great contributor when the Encyclopedia of the Warsaw Rising was being prepared as well as the author of books dedicated to the history of WW2.

Rest in peace🙏

https://www.1944.pl/powstancze-biogramy/maria-wisniewska,48844.html

War experiences, though painful, may harden your character. That is why, whenever we meet participants, we admire their composure and we love listening to their stories...

🔎https://1944.pl/archiwum-historii-mowionej/maria-kowalska,347.html

🗓️Christmas Time and New Year's opening hours:

24-26 Dec - closed
27-29 Dec - 8 am-6 pm
30 Dec - 10 am -6 pm
31 Dec - 10 am - 4 pm
1 and 6 Jan 2024 - closed

It is always a great privilege to meet veterans!
Janina Kowalczyk-Jankowska's pre-war photographs will steal your heart! 🔎https://1944.pl/powstancze-biogramy/janina-kowalczyk,56072.html

'Never give up!' has always been the key to success for people with strong will. No matter what adversity we face, we need to keep going! In the 🇵🇱 people showed their valour by standing against the evil. Jan Ebert 'Ryś' is still with us: https://1944.pl/powstancze-biogramy/jan-ebert,9568.html

🎄Time of Joy is coming🎁
This weekend together with Filip Chajzer and our sponsors we were busy preparing Christmas gifts for our dear Veterans! Many thanks to our volunteers who are always ready to help 🫶

Special thanks to our sponsors!

Sponsors of Christmas gifts 2023:
MASPEX
Lewiatan
Frisco
Miraculum
Pasieki Rodziny Sadowskich
Wedel
Mazop
DHL
Free Now
Browary Warszawskie

Thank you!!

Stanisław Sosabowski, the commander of the Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade was a well-known Polish WW2 General.

➡During the time his soldiers took part in Operation Market-Garden, his son Stanisław Janusz Sosabowski was in Warsaw, heavily wounded as a result of fighting in the Warsaw Uprising. He lost his sight and on the first day of the Warsaw revolt, he had rescued 50 Jews.

➡His father fought for Polish independence miles away from Poland. Sosabowski Junior stayed in the occupied country. He defended Poland in 1939 and was involved with the underground resistance.

➡They both fought for freedom and despite the enormous sacrifice freedom didn’t come. The German aggressor was defeated, but Poland was enslaved by the communists.

➡General Sosobowski and his son didn’t return to Poland after the war. They both settled in Great Britain living a life in exile far away from their homeland.

➡Stanisław Janusz Sosabowski became involved with the Polish underground resistance in December 1939. During the time of the German occupation of Warsaw, he participated in many Home Army operations, which included the ex*****on of a traitor and a German Bahnschutz officer known for his cruelty, as well as sabotage acts.

➡When the Warsaw Uprising broke out on 1 August 1944, he participated in a successful assault on the Waffen-SS warehouses.

➡On the same day together with his unit, he freed 50 Jews kept under guard near the infamous Umschlagplatz – an area adjacent to a railway station where Jews were assembled for deportation to the German camps.

➡While fighting in Warsaw he was heavily wounded and lost his sight. He became a POW and thanks to the efforts of his father he settled in Great Britain after the war.

➡He worked as a rheumatologist (he had secretly studied medicine in occupied Warsaw because
higher education was not allowed) and was a member of the General Medical Council. He never regained his sight.

➡„For 56 years he has not complained about his fate. I don't know anyone with such strength of character” - said Stanisław Likiernik, a former Polish Home Army officer.

➡Stanisław Janusz Sosabowski, born on 6 January 1917 in Brno, Austro-Hungarian Empire, passed away in Wimborne Minster, Great Britain, on 6 November 2000.

📷Photo courtesy of Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego Warsaw Rising Museum

📷PHOTOS of Poland 🇵🇱 that you have never seen before!

💥New 1713 🎞️photographs by Władysław Toczyłowski available now! https://1944.pl/fototeka/kolekcja/wladyslaw-toczylowski,161.html

Dofinansowano ze środków Ministra Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego pochodzących z Funduszu Promocji Kultury
// In cooperation with Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego

We bid farewell to Stanisław Jan Majewski 'Stach' who served as a messenger in the . Even in the recent years he had still strength to meet the young who were always willing to listen to his stories...

Rest in Peace 🙏

Gen. Kazimierz Orlik-Łukoski was executed by the Soviets in the . His sons went through secret military training in and were ready to fight for 🇵🇱 whenever needed. They both took part in the . Andrzej was a commander in . He fell. Jerzy survived.

🎄It was wonderful to see veterans reunited for Christmas party today at the Warsaw Rising Museum. We are grateful that Those who truly fought to 🇵🇱freedom are still among us!
🎅Happy Christmas to all veterans and their families who could not be with us today🙏

We are sad to inform you that Wiesław Newecki "Kogut" passed away at 94.

'Friendship, trust, responsibility' - his legacy will continue as the values the participants fought for are greater than life.

You will be missed, our Hero🙏.
Rest In Peace🕯️.

Institute of National Remembrance The largest research, archival and educational institution dealing with Polish history (1917-1990)

Today, it seemed to be a dull November morning ... WHEN historic cobblestones and railway tracks were uncovered due to roadworks next to the building of the Warsaw Rising Museum

History at hand. Everywhere. In Warsaw.


Photos // K. Stefanowska

It is truly inspiring that after all the ravages WW2 caused, Poles managed to rebuild their country. Everything comes at a cost, though. Those whose life ended due to German and Soviet barbarity, vanished forever. Lost lives cannot be restored.

Old suitcase containing WWII letters rescued from rubbish dump An old suitcase containing personal letters from WWII has been found in a pile of rubbish in Warsaw.

What to do, if your home has been bombed...
WARSAW civilians whose house at Sienna 50 ceased to exist.

📷 by Józef Namysłowski.


See more at: https://www.1944.pl/fototeka/kolekcja/jozef-namyslowski-skiba,160.html

Dressed as a coalman, Józef Namysłowski’s wife returned to destroyed Warsaw to sneak out the things that were left in their appartment. Captured by a German officer, she handed over her husband’s Leica to keep the photographs that we may see TODAY.

💥NEW🎞️ https://www.1944.pl/fototeka/kolekcja/jozef-namyslowski-skiba,160.html?fbclid=IwAR3GVJsqEXAedCUWzuhjYej-U2J2xVLPQ2amqxQh8v5eJz6mYdTSt8GK7ls

German children travelling on a “Nur für Deutsche” train. It seems like some people quite enjoyed the times of the war.

📷 by Mieczysław Bil-Bilażewski
Warsaw, 1941

www.warsawrising.eu 🔹

You may be wondering whether the participants of the had been trained anyhow to fight the Germans before the Rising started in August 1944. Here’s the answer. A photo where Eugeniusz Konopacki “Trzaska” congratulates Tadeusz Huskowski “Tadeusz” for having completed secret training (Agricola Cadet Academy).