A new philatelic series of Poczta Polska "War of war"
Poczta Polska begins a new philatelic series "War of war". We are the first in the series to present the Saski Palace, which was on a piece of paper with a printed postmark sign. The company put it into circulation on August 31 this year.
The author of the publishing house, Jarosław Ochandzan, in the field of the card fee mark placed the image of the building of the Saxon Palace before 1939. In the illustration part of the card was the air photography of the ruins of the Saxon Palace and the Saxon Garden in Warsaw from 1945. The whole is complemented by a date stamp with the graphics of symbolic bombs falling on the city. Pictures from the resources of the Military Historical Bureau and the Warsaw Uprising Museum were used in the card design. During the design works, Poczta Polska was supported by the Central Military Library, Military Historical Office, Palace Saski sp. Z oo and the Warsaw Uprising Museum.
The presentation of the postcard took place on September 2 at the headquarters of Poczta Polska. The ceremony was attended by Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of State Asset Jacek Sasin, Secretary of State at the Ministry of State Asset Jan Kanthak, President of the Poczta Polska Board Krzysztof Falkowski, Vice President of the Board of Poczta Polska Wiesław Włodek, Vice President of Poczta Polska Mateusz Wodaja, Vice President of the Institute of National Remembrance Saxon Jan Edmund Kowalski.
- Through the new philatelic series "war destruction" Poczta Polska reminds how great losses Warsaw and Poland suffered as a result of German aggression. This is the best way to realize the young generation that there are events that we can never forget. Placing on the first card of the Saxon Palace series is undoubtedly symbolic, because the history of this facility is a sign of Warsaw's tragic fate after the fall of the Warsaw Uprising. On December 29, 1944, over 300-year history of the palace was annihilated by the German branches of Sprengommando blowing up selected objects of special historical and cultural significance. For many years after the war, the topic of reconstruction of the Saxon Palace was absent in public debate. The idea of restoring the former splendor of buildings on Piłsudski Square revived when the president of Warsaw was the late Lech Kaczyński, who made her one of the main points of his office. The decision to start the investment to recreate the buildings of the western frontage of Piłsudski Square gives hope that Warsaw's topography will not be determined by the vandalism of German occupiers, and the Saxon Palace will become a symbol crowning the work of the reconstruction of the post -war capital - noted Jacek Sasin, deputy prime minister, minister of state assets.
- Warsaw during the 5 years of World War II became the sea of ruins and a large cemetery. Of course, war destruction affected the whole country, but Warsaw is the most "tired" city here. Therefore, when starting a new series of postcards, we decided to show the Saski Palace as a symbol of the demolished city. A miraculously survived the tomb of an unknown soldier is becoming the beginning of the reconstruction of one of the most magnificent palaces and monuments of the capital. I hope that our card showing the former splendor of the monument and what the German occupiers have left behind those who are still unconvinced that it is worth investing in the reconstruction of the pearls of our former splendor - says Krzysztof Falkowski for the president of Poczta Polska.
Warsaw, as a result of German raids and artillery shelling, in September 1939 lost about 15 percent of the left -bank part of the city. Bridges, railway lines, power plants and food depots were destroyed. During the occupation, the Germans deliberately did not allow the reconstruction of the urban tissue to humiliate Poles and kill the fighting spirit in them. The fate of the capital was completed by the Uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1943 and the Warsaw Uprising in 1944. The Germans systematically destroyed the capital, burning and blowing up the building around the building. The Old Town and Muranów were equated with the ground 100 percent. A team appointed in 2004 by the President of Warsaw Lech Kaczyński for determining the value of losses that Warsaw suffered as a result of World War II estimated all material losses incurred by Warsaw and its inhabitants at PLN 18.2 billion, which was equivalent to over 6 budgets of pre -war Poland. It is also said that the approximate amount of debris covering Warsaw in 1945 reached 20 million cubic meters. Saski Palace as one of the city's many monuments was razed to the ground. The Germans blew him up successively into the air from December 27 to 29, 1944. Only a fragment of the arcades with the grave of an unknown soldier survived.
About a piece of paper:
Author of the Card: Jarosław Ochandzan
Number of cards: 1
Value: A
circulation: 5,000
Print technique: Offset
format card: 148 x 105 mm.
Date of introduction into circulation: August 31, 2022.