Polish Post: Postcard on the occasion of the 79th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising
Poczta Polska is actively involved in the celebration of the 79th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising. August 4 this year The "Powstańcz Field Post" emission was presented. In addition, the company provided an album in which selected silhouettes of postcards fighting in the Warsaw Uprising were presented.
The ceremony of presenting the philatelic value was held at the Educational Center of the Institute of National Remembrance Janusz Kurtyka in Warsaw. In the illustration part of the postcard by Artur Sikorski there is a photo with the image of a postman. This is fourteen -year -old Waldemar Taperek pseud. "Żbik", captured in a scout uniform, with a white and red band on the right sleeve. The author of a photograph taken on August 15, 1944 is Tadeusz Bukowski pseud. "Bończa". Source materials come from the collections of the Warsaw Uprising Museum.
- The history of the scout's field mail is closely related to the activities of the Home Army field mail. Conspiracy communication in the structures of the Underground State was one of the most extensive among the occupied countries. Young people involved in her activities enabled the population of the capital to communicate with each other, becoming messengers of hope, carrying a substitute for normality. Presenting a folder and a postcard, we pay tribute to the heroes who risked their lives to combine Poles - noted Krzysztof Falkowski, president of Poczta Polska.
The director of the Central Military Library named after Marshal Józef Piłsudski dr Jan Tarczyński.
- Commemorating the activities of scouting field mail during the Warsaw Uprising, it should be noted that the postmen were very young people. For them, participation in such a socially important action, which was the transfer of insurgent shipments, was a real fulfillment of the words of the scout oath of the service "God, Poland and others". They moved messages with devotion and commitment by exposing their lives. In too large, postmen hats for their children's heads often wore letters under the hail of German bullets. A great example of this service is 14-year-old Jerzy Kasprzak pseud. "Albatros", one of the scout postmen of field mail, then in the youngest age group of the Gray Ranks known under the code name "Zawisza", or 16-year-old bridesmaid Zbigniew Banaś "Banana", which was killed by the enemy when moving the post in Powiśle. The involvement of these young people in the service of insurgent communication be forever an example of a special devotion to their homeland - said Jan Tarczyński.
The Polish Post has also released an album entitled "Forgotten history of insurgent Warsaw in the personal files of Poczta Polska", in which the silhouettes and stories of quiet heroes were presented, which are not mentioned in scientific publications. Publishers were based on archival materials in the resources of Poczta Polska.
Members of the Board of Poczta Polska also laid white and red wreaths under the board, commemorating the Warsaw Uprising Postcards, located in the building of the Warsaw Post Office at 31/33 Street. Similar commemoration of the characters took place under the Polish plaque funded by Poczta at Wilcza 41. At this second address the apiary was located, i.e. the General Headquarters of the Gray Ranks, in which the field mail began its activity.
The company once again supports the nationwide campaign heroon - turn on the story!, Aimed at commemorating and honoring participants of the Warsaw Uprising.
History of Scout Field Mail
Shipments were served free of charge. Civilians very often mentioned the received letters for food or clothing, later provided by scouts to the most needy. The Central Office of the Insurgent Post Office was located at 28 Świętokrzyska Street. In addition, there were seven post offices in various parts of the capital: at 3 Szpitalna Street, 41 Wilcza, Napoleon Plac (today's Plac Powstańców Warszawy), Złota, Okólnik, Czerniakowska and Tyniecka 26.
Parallel with the scout's field mail, a field mail of the Home Army was created, which was managed by a long -time internship as a post office and communications, Majr Maksymilian Broszkiewicz pseud. "Embicz". On August 30, 1944, pursuant to Colonel Antoni Chruściel, pseud. "Monter", the Scout Communications Service, was formally included in the structures of the AK field mail.
Despite the lack of accurate data regarding the effort of the field mail, it is assumed that the postalists transferred 200,000 shipments during the Warsaw Uprising. According to these estimates, the postal service distributed about 6,000 letters a day.
Previous emissions regarding the Warsaw Uprising
Poczta Polska undertakes a number of initiatives aimed at commemorating the events of August 1944 and the heroism of the fighters themselves. In recent years, two albums about postcards fighting in the Warsaw Uprising have been issued, and historical materials used to create them came from the company's archive. The publishing house presents biographies of 52 people together with their photographs and found documents.
In addition, as part of the broadcast: "70. Anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising "and" 75. Anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising "two postage stamps were introduced into circulation. In addition, it is worth noting that the heroine of the emission stamp "80. Anniversary of the creation of the Home Army ”was Iwona Krułowska, pseud. "Iwa", a pre -war employee of the Main Post Office in Warsaw and a soldier of the Home Army. She answered, among others for management of financial flows in the Home Army.
In addition, in 2021 post cards were published: "125. Anniversary of the birth of Henryk Glass "Lean Wolf", "You Poland!" and "Heroes of the Gray Ranks".