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Photographs of occupied Warsaw taken by Eugeniusz Haneman, 1944 - 1945

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSE/REE 0049-4

Content Description

Fifteen photograph prints largely taken during, and in the aftermath of, the Warsaw Uprising in 1944 and early 1945. 1) "Branie wody v leju po bombie ... " (Haneman's caption in blue ink), 7 x 10 cm. Dated August 14, 1944. Shows civilians removing debries after the destructions of a building. 2) "Most Poniatowskiego" (Haneman's caption in blue ink), 5.5 x 8.5 cm. Dated February 1945. Shows the destructions to the Poniatowski Bridge after German detonations during the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. 3) "PAST'a" (Haneman's caption in blue ink), 5.5 x 8.5 cm. Dated August 21, 1944. Shows explosions at the PASTa building, the site of the Polish Telephone Joint Stock Company, which was the tallest building at the time and the site of heavy fighting during the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. 4) "Kopernika r. Tamki" ((Haneman's caption in blue ink), 5.5 x 8.5 cm. Undated. Shows a large building destroyed by a bomb at the corner of Kopernika and Tamka Streets. 5) "W zdobytym samochodzie" (Haneman's caption in blue ink), 7 x 10 cm. August 1944. Shows children in a car by a destroyed building. 6) "U. Gorskiego" (Haneman's caption in blue ink), 7 x 10 cm. Undated. Shows destroyed building on Gorski Street in the center of Warsaw. 7)"C.K.M.w Al. Jerozol ...", 5.5 x 8.5 cm. (Haneman's caption in blue ink), August 20, [1944]. Showing a soldier with machine gun on Aleje Jerozolimskie Street. 8) "Syrenka na Solcu", (Haneman's caption in blue ink), 5.5 x 8.5 cm. Undated. Shows the Mermaid Statue. 9) Uncaptioned, 5.5 x 8.5 cm. Undated. Shows the Mermaid Statue. 10) "Pochta Polowa", (Caption in pencil), August 20, [1944], 7 x 10 cm. Shows a mailbox used by soldiers. 11) "Prudential", (Haneman's caption in blue ink), 7 x 10 cm, August 14, 1944. Shows the ruins of the Prudential Building. 12) "Ruiny", (Caption in pencil), undated. 7 x 10 cm. Shows ruins and destroyed buildings in the center of Warsaw. 13) "Powstancy w ruinach Warszawy", (Caption in pencil), 7 x 10 cm. Undated. Shows Slwester Braun taking a photograph in the ruins, and a soldier. 14) "Warszawa Typ ...", (Caption in pencil), 7 x 10 cm. Undated. Shows a soldier with a rifle. 15) Uncaptioned. 5.5 x 8.5 cm. Undated. Unidentified view of a Warsaw street with rubble.

Dates

  • Creation: 1944 - 1945

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Language of Materials

German

Polish

Russian

Repository Details

Part of the University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections Repository

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