Writings, notes, correspondence, government documents, and printed matter relating to Polish participation in World War II and to Polish émigré affairs.

Wacław Stachiewicz was born in Lwów (now Lviv in the Ukraine), a large Polish city in Austrian Galicia, the south of the country occupied by the Habsburgs since 1772. He graduated from a local gimnazjum and went on to study geology at the Polish University of Lwów. During this time, he was a member of Polish patriotic and paramilitary organizations. When World War I broke out in 1914, he joined the Polish legions, which, under the command of Józef Piłsudski, were fighting Russia on the side of Austria. When the Habsburg monarchy failed to live up to its promises to help in the restoration of an independent Poland, Stachiewicz deserted the Austrian side and joined the Polish armed underground in central Poland.

9 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize folder (2.1 Linear Feet)

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