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The various collections in the fields of archeology, painting, graphics, iconography, sculpture, decorative arts, numismatics and architectural drawings, now exceed 250 000 objects. Until the start of the renovations in 2010 there was available exhibitions showing seven centuries of Warsaw history, from its foundation to the present day.
6.5 million books and journals from 19th and 20th centuries; 3,000 early prints; 2,200 incunables; 52,000 manuscripts; maps, icons and music; In 1940 the Nazi occupants changed the National Library into Municipal Library of Warsaw and divided it as follows: Department of Books for Germans (located in the Warsaw University building)
July 1951: The Warsaw (Himler/SAIC) copy of the report was used in Jürgen Stroop trial at Warsaw Criminal District Court, [3] and transferred afterwards to KC PZPR archive. [ 2 ] 1952: The Warsaw copy is transferred to "Główna Komisja Badania Zbrodni Hitlerowskich w Polsce" and it successor Instytut Pamięci Narodowej – Komisja Ścigania ...
John III Sobieski Monument (Polish: Pomnik Jana III Sobieskiego) is a sculpture in Warsaw, Poland, within the neighbourhood of Ujazdów in the Downtown district, in the Royal Baths Park. It is a sandstone equestrian statue of John III Sobieski , monarch of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1674 to 1696, commemorating his victory in the ...
The Professor Kazimierz Michałowski Faras Gallery at the National Museum in Warsaw is a permanent gallery at the National Museum in Warsaw, presenting Nubian early Christian art. The Gallery features a unique collection of wall paintings and architectural elements from the Faras Cathedral , discovered by an archeological expedition led by ...
"The Jewish residential quarter in Warsaw has ceased to exist". www.holocaust-history.org. Archived from the original on March 8, 2010. (IPN copy; German original and English translation) Jürgen Stroop (May 1943). Es gibt keinen jüdischen Wohnbezirk in Warschau mehr!. File Unit: USA Exhibit 275, 1943–1946. Archived from the original on 2015 ...
Gildas swathes the condemnations in allegorical beasts from the Book of Daniel and the Book of Revelation, likening the kings to the beasts described there: a lion, a leopard, a bear, and a dragon. [11] The kings excoriated by Gildas are: "Constantine the tyrannical whelp of the unclean lioness of Damnonia". [12] [13] "thou lion's whelp ...
Grave of Jerzy Andrzejewski at Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw. Jerzy Andrzejewski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjɛʐɨ andʐɛˈjɛfskʲi]; 19 August 1909 – 19 April 1983) was a prolific Polish writer. His works confront controversial moral issues such as betrayal, the Jews and Auschwitz in the wartime. [1]