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June 11, 2019

Polish Resources

Here are a few of my go-to sites for Polish related genealogy/history resources.

WWI + WWII

  • Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego / The Warsaw Rising Museum
    A tribute to those who fought and died for independent Poland and its free capital in 1944.
  • Muzeum Utracone / Museum Lost
    Restoring memory about works lost from Poland during World War II, educating the public and supporting activities of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage consisting in their discovery and retrieval.
  • Muzeum Auschwitz
    Preserves two parts of the former German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp Auschwitz: Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau.
  • Polish Forces and Polish Resettlement Corps Records (UK)
    Records of Polish Army Section, concerning Polish forces and the Polish Resettlement Corps (PRC), set up in 1946 to ease the transition of Poles serving with Allied forces to civilian life in Britain or abroad.

General

  • Archiwa Panstwowe / State Archives
    Preserving the testimonies of the past and provide universal access to them to support the development of the state and civil society.
  • Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe / National Digital Archives
    NAC’s tasks include archiving, digitizing and online sharing of digital material: photography, sound recordings and movies.
  • Polona – Cyfrowa Biblioteka Narodowa / Digital National Library
    Library resources, digitized and made available via Polona, increase daily by up to 2,000 objects: books, early printed books, manuscripts, graphics, maps, scores, photographs, flyers, posters and postcards.

Polish Military Abbreviations

ćwicz.* ofic.* rezerwy
ćwiczenia oficerów rezerwy | Exercise Reserve Officers

dca 1 plut.
dowódca 1 plutonu | commander of the 1st platoon

dcy
dowódcy | commander

do Ośr. Wyszk. Rez. Piech.
do Ośrodka Wyszkolenia Rezerwy Piechoty | to the Infantry Training Centre

dtwo
dowództwo | Command

Ie
pierwsze | first

komp. k.m.
kompania karabinów maszynowych | machine guns

kpr. podchorąży rezerwy
kapral podchorąży rezerwy | corporal officer cadet reserve

kpt*
kapitan | Captain

kurs dców* komp.
kurs dowódców kompanii | Company Commander Course

m.*
miejscowość, miasto | town, city

mjr*
major

od dn.
od dnia | from the date of

pkt
punkt | point

pp.
pułk piechoty | infantry regiment

pporucznika
podporucznika | ensign (standard, colour(s), banner)

pułk.
pułkownik | colonel

r.
rok | year

stanowisko dcy komp. ppanc
stanowisko dowódcy kompanii przeciwpancernej |
position of the commander of the anti-tank company

tyg.
tygodni | weeks

w skład grupy ppłk* Wani
w skład grupy podpułkownika Wani | a member of Lieutenant Colonel Wani

w Szkole Podch. Rezerwy Piech.
w Szkole Podchorążych Rezerwy Piechoty | at the Infantry Reserve Cadet’s School










































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