F09_P15: Anti-Nazi Resistance: Polish Home Army

Archive

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Spungen Family Foundation - Holocaust Postal Collection

c. 1940s, Front side - Letter from Lost Persons Division postmarked "Field Post Warsaw".: White letter (brightness of scan blows out proper appearance of the archive) with cursive handwriting in Polish using pencil. The cancellation date is illegible but it was stamped in Warsaw. At the left side is a rectangular overprint stamp but it is not legible either. The foundation is promptly working to update this scan.
c. 1940s, Front side - Letter from Lost Persons Division postmarked "Field Post Warsaw".

White letter (brightness of scan blows out proper appearance of the archive) with cursive handwriting in Polish using pencil. The cancellation date is illegible but it was stamped in Warsaw. At the left side is a rectangular overprint stamp but it is not legible either. The foundation is promptly working to update this scan.

Name/Title

F09_P15: Anti-Nazi Resistance: Polish Home Army

Entry/Object ID

2007.9.15

Scope and Content

c. 1940s, letter from Lost Persons Division postmarked "Field Post Warsaw".

Context

On August 1, 1944, the underground Polish Home Army, allied with the Polish Government in Exile in London, rose in arms against the Nazi occupiers at Warsaw, and battled against them for two long months despite hopeless odds. During the uprising, a postal service was established for both military and civilian communication, with messages limited to 25 words. Censorship was performed by the Home Army. Mail was carried through the sewers by young girls and boys, many of them Scouts. The insurrection ended with the Home Army's surrender on October 2, 1944. A censored letter postmarked "Field Post Warsaw" to the Lost Persons Division, District Office, seeks the whereabouts of missing relatives. Expertized genuine, signed E. Krawczyk.

Collection

Nazi Scourge I: Primary Exhibition

Category

Letter
Philatelic Material

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Letter

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Correspondence

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

circa 1940 - circa 1945

Primary Language

Polish

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Central Europe

Continent

Europe

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Measurement of the full length and width of the archive.

Width

2-1/8 in

Length

8-1/4 in

Relationships

Related Places

Place

City

Warsaw

Country

Poland

Continent

Europe

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

C. Walrich - Updated (Jan 27 2026) C. Walrich - Updated Title (Feb 26 2026) C. Walrich - Back-Up Material (Mar 12 2026) C. Walrich - Back-Up PDF (May 7 2026)