Sylwester Braun
- Birth Date:
- 01.01.1909
- Death date:
- 09.02.1996
- Length of life:
- 87
- Days since birth:
- 42130
- Years since birth:
- 115
- Days since death:
- 10314
- Years since death:
- 28
- Extra names:
- Sylwester Braun
- Categories:
- Officer, Photographer, WWII participant
- Nationality:
- pole
- Cemetery:
- Set cemetery
Sylwester Braun (code-name "Kris", 1909-1996) was a Polish photographer, Home Army officer. He was known as author of photography evidencing the Nazi Occupation of Poland and Warsaw Uprising.
Braun was born January 1, 1909 in Warsaw. During Warsaw Uprising he made 3000 photographies of battles, portraits of people, destruction and everyday life in fighting city. Generally he was operating in Śródmieście district. After capitulation of Warsaw, he escaped from the city. In January 1945 he came back to take his negatives. After that he fled to Sweden, and in 1964 he immigrated to the United States. In 1981 he delivered archives of his photografies to Historical Museum of Warsaw. Sylwester Braun died in Warsaw.
Source: wikipedia.org
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01.08.1944 | Began the Warsaw Uprising
The Warsaw Uprising (Polish: powstanie warszawskie) was a major World War II operation by the Polish resistance Home Army (Polish: Armia Krajowa) to liberate Warsaw from Nazi Germany. The rebellion was timed to coincide with the Soviet Union's Red Army approaching the eastern suburbs of the city and the retreat of German forces.[9] However, the Soviet advance stopped short, enabling the Germans to regroup and demolish the city while defeating the Polish resistance, which fought for 63 days with little outside support. The Uprising was the largest single military effort taken by any European resistance movement during World War II.