Polish Army World War II Photograph Presentation Album, 1941

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Summary

Title:
Polish Army World War II Photograph Presentation Album,
Dates:
1941
Extent:
.2 linear feet (1 half-size box)
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

Polish Army World War II Photograph Presentation Album. Bernath Mss 60. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

Photograph album, containing 52 black/white snapshots with captions in English, apparently presented by Polish Army soldiers in conjunction with an exhibition at United College, St. Andrews University, Scotland in February 1941. The soldiers were part of a Polish, British, and Norwegian force that captured Ankenes and Narvik [Norway] from the German forces in May, 1940, and broke the chain of German victories in World War II.

The first section of the album primarily contains photos of war-damaged buildings in Warsaw during the German Blitzkrieg of 1939. The second section shows the Polish Free Army fighting in Norway, and third section has images of Scotland, around St. Andrews.

Also with the album is a souvenir program for the exhibition and a newspaper clipping that discusses the long journey of the Polish soldiers in getting to Scotland, and the interest shown by local Scottish residents.

Acquisition information:
Purchase, 2003.
Physical location:
Del Sur

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by D. Tambo
Date Prepared:
© 2003
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid in EAD v. 1.0 derived from MS Word 2000 file by David C. Gartrell. Date of source: 01 August 2003 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

None.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:

Polish Army World War II Photograph Presentation Album. Bernath Mss 60. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
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