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    Album z pamiątkami kpt. Piotra Pawlaka, oficera artylerii 31 pal. WP, który dostał się do niewoli w 1939 r. pod Krojantami. W latach 1939-41 przebywał kolejno w obozach jenieckich: Grossborn, XA Itzehoe, Merlag und Milag Nord Sandbostel i XC Lübeck (Lubeka). W 1941 r. został przetransportowany do Oflagu IIC Woldenberg. Z niewoli powrócił w 1945 r.
    A metal cigarette box in which Antoni Kasztelan kept his comb, cigarette holders and cigarette papers.
    Antoni Kasztelan's manicure brush
    Antoni Kasztelan's cigarette lighter with the initials AK
    The warrant for Antoni Kasztelan's arrest issued by authorities in Berlin on 14 October 1940.
    Handkerchief with Bolesław Wnuk's secret message to his family. This handkerchief, a priceless family memento, was placed on deposit at the Museum by Wnuk’s grandson, Prof. Rafał Wnuk, a researcher at the Museum. Bolesław Wnuk’s handkerchief contains a kite, a letter to his family in which he bids them farewell and lets them know that he will shortly die.
    Bolesław Wnuk's documents. Bolesław Wnuk was arrested by the Germans in October 1939 for his public activities, which included serving as a member of the Sejm in its last pre-war session. He was shot to death in June 1940.
    Flower vasa made out of a brass cartridge case. Carved on it is: "meiner Lieben Mutter - Gerhard. Vor Leningrad, 16.04.1942" [For My Beloved Mother, Gerard. At Leningrad, 16.04.1942].
    Flower vasa made out of a brass cartridge case.
    A linen dress knitted by Wanda Szuflita
    A photo of Jan Rzeszeiwcz. Born on 5 January 1910 in Oliwa (one of the quarters of Gdańsk). Rzeszewicz completed a tailoring course in Berlin and run a tailor shop in Starogard Gdański together with his relatives. On 28 February 1942 he was forcibly recruited by the Wehrmacht.
    A photo of Jan Rzeszeiwcz. Born on 5 January 1910 in Oliwa (one of the quarters of Gdańsk). Rzeszewicz completed a tailoring course in Berlin and run a tailor shop in Starogard Gdański together with his relatives. On 28 February 1942 he was forcibly recruited by the Wehrmacht.
    Top hat with a box. Jan Rzeszewicz's mementos.
    A tailcoat with a vest. Jan Rzeszewicz's mementos.
    A handmade wedding ring made by Michał Michułka
    A photo of Michał Michułka
    Compass model 32 used by a soldier in the September 1939 campaign
    Compass model 32 used by a soldier in the September 1939 campaign with the symbol of the Polish Armed Forces on the back
    Luftwaffe winter flight jacket
    Album made by Capt. Piotr Pawlak in the German prisoner of war camp
    Captain Antoni Kasztelan's mementos. Antoni Kasztelan served as the head of counter-intelligence in the Coastal Defence Command and took part in the defence of Hel Peninsula. After surrendering, he was held by the Germans in the Stutthof camp as a political prisoner. On 12 January 1942 a court in Gdańsk handed him a quadruple death sentence for so-called actions harmful to the German state. He was guillotined in December 1942.
    Kitchen knife donated by Maria Borkowska-Flisek from Gdańsk. It came from a set, which the Polish-Jewish Borkowski family took with them from their home in Warsaw in September 1939. Following the German invasion, the family fled to Lvov. In 1943 Maria Borkowska’s father was arrested and sentenced to 10 years in a forced labour camp, where he died in 1952. Maria and her mother lived in kolkhozes. They arrived in Gdańsk on 24 April 1946. The knife had accompanied them on their wanderings. It had been blunted
    A wooden figurine made by Polish prisoners of war in the German camp
    Children fables book by M.J. Zaleska published in occupied Cracow in 1940


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