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Grave of a Polish patriot was was shot and buried next to the American Embassy.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 81767

Grave of a Polish patriot was was shot and buried next to the American Embassy.

The original caption reads: "The five pictures on this page are very depressing. I took them to show bodies being exhumed after the war in Warsaw from their burial places which were most anyplace after they were shot and killed."

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Caption: Grave of a Polish patriot was was shot and buried next to the American Embassy.

The original caption reads: "The five pictures on this page are very depressing. I took them to show bodies being exhumed after the war in Warsaw from their burial places which were most anyplace after they were shot and killed."
Date: December 1945
Locale: Warsaw, Poland
Variant Locale: Warszawa
Varshava
Warschau
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Antionette Powell

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Antionette Powell

Source Record ID: Collections: 2007.466

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: EXHUMATION/REBURIAL GRAVES/MARKERS/TOMBSTONES POLES
Photo Designation: DISPLACED PERSONS/RETURN TO LIFE -- DP Camps/Postwar Communities -- Poland

Administrative Notes

Biography: Stephen Olesnevich was the father of the donor. He served as Vice Consul of the United States in Warsaw, Poland between between 1945 and 1946.

Record last modified:: 2015-04-30 00:00:00
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