We commemorated the next postalists who fought in the Warsaw Uprising
August 5 this year At the IPN Educational Center Janusz Kurtyka in Warsaw (Przystanek Historia) a ceremonial presentation of the second edition of the album entitled: Forgotten history of insurgent Warsaw in the personal files of the Poczta Poczta Archives . The publishing house is a tribute that the company - a guardian of the memory of the history of the Commonwealth - gives another newly -core heroes, participants of the Warsaw Uprising.
The album is a natural continuation of last year's first edition of the publishing house, discovering the next, previously unknown history cards. It presented the silhouettes of 22 postalists who joined the fight for free Warsaw. Materials prepared for the needs of the publishing house were developed in cooperation with the Institute of National Remembrance, the Military Historical Office, the Museum of the Second World War and the Office for War Veterans and Repressed Persons. The album's presentation was attended by, among others Tomasz Zdzikot, President of the Management Board of Poczta Polska, Jan Kasprzyk, head of the Office for War Veterans and Victims of Victims and Dr hab. Karol Polejowski, deputy president of the Institute of National Remembrance. During the ceremony, a lecture on the Warsaw Uprising was given by dr Maciej Pieńkowski from the Military Historical Bureau, and the event was graced by a concert of insurgent songs performed by a vocal and musical trio.
Much is said about the scout's field mail, acting during the uprising or defense of the post office in Gdańsk. We will not hear in history lessons about the postal post-Powce postcards, discovered thanks to the analysis of personal files located in the Polish Poczta Archive, we will not learn from other publications and books. These are the heroes who, like other Warsaw residents, fought with pride and dedication for the freedom and dignity of Poles, which the German occupier tried to take away from our ancestors.
- The history of the post office is not only the history of our institution, but above all illustrates key events from the history of Poland. This is a story told with the biographies of our employees - specific people, known to us by name and surname, who personally: they took part in the uprisings, expressed their bravery by fighting in breakthrough battles, such as the Warsaw Battle and both wars. As the oldest company in the country, with nearly 500 years of tradition and thousands of employees who are employed throughout the country, we can say that probably every heroic uprising that took place in Poland took place with the participation of postcards. We find traces of this heroism every day in our valuable and still unexplored archives. They contain, among others Documents submitted in the recruitment process and later, illustrating the course of the entire postal career. It was in these documents, when making archiving, that the personal folders of postcards participating in the Warsaw Uprising were found. In August 1944, they joined the fight against the German aggressor with extraordinary sacrifice. Discovering subsequent files in the archives makes us realize that this part of the insurgent history requires examination and popularization. By spending more albums, we implement our historical mission and discover the stories of people who fought for our and our homeland freedom - emphasized Tomasz Zdzikot, president of the board of Poczta Polska.
Employees of the Polish Poczta Archive are still discovering new, fascinating and extremely valuable historical documents. Considering the multitude of archives, the company plans to spend similar albums cyclically.
- This postcard, carried by connectors, usually young people through the streets of fighting Warsaw was often - not only for the fighting, but above all - for the civilian population the only way to obtain information and knowledge what is happening to their loved ones - emphasized Jan Kasprzyk, head of the Office for Veterans and Victims of Victims of Victims.
- In the album of Poczta Polska there are unusual biographies, the biographies of the heroes who did not hesitate to put on this scale of their lives, always in mind the good of Poland. Instead, they deserve their memory, honor and glory - said during the ceremony dr hab. Karol Polejowski, deputy president of the Institute of National Remembrance.
Poczta Polska also undertakes other initiatives to commemorate the events of August 1944. Among them is, among others: emission of the postage stamp "70. Anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising "," 75. Anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising ", occasional card of the broadcast" You Poland! The Warsaw Uprising on August 1, 1944 ", a postcard with a printed post fee" Heroes of the Gray Ranks ". The company has also been supporting the nationwide campaign for many years - turn on the story!, Aimed at commemorating and honoring participants of the Warsaw Uprising. Together with PGE, we also joined the project of the mobile application "Memory boards", which aims to display and give proper worship of memorial places, including boards and monuments commemorating the events of World War II. Postcards are additionally involved in the cleaning action of the graves of Warsaw insurgents at the Wawrzyszewski cemetery and at the Military Cemetery in Powązki in Warsaw.
Every year, representatives of Poczta Polska also pay tribute to the insurgents, taking part in state ceremonies and laying flowers under monuments commemorating the Warsaw Uprising. A special memory and care of the National Operator is surrounded by heroic postalists who, during the Warsaw Uprising, acted as a field mail. The history of the scout's field mail (HPP) is closely related to the activities of the Home Army Field Mail (PP AK). Conspiracy communication in the structures of the Underground State was one of the most extensive among underground organizations of the occupied European countries. It is assumed that postalists transferred 200,000 shipments during the Warsaw Uprising.
As every year, members of the company's management board laid white and red wreaths under a plaque commemorating the Warsaw Uprising post, located in the building of the Postal Office in Warsaw 1 at 31/33 Street and under the plaque funded by the Polish Post at Wilcza 41. At this second address, the Pasieka, i.e. the Main Command of the Gray Shams Field.