Sylwester Braun
Illustration — Sylwester Braun in August 1944 Sylwester Braun (code-name "Kris", 1 January 1909, Warsaw – 9 February 1996, Warsaw) was a Polish photographer, Home Army officer. He is known for taking photos during the Nazi Occupation of Poland and the Warsaw Uprising. Braun was born on 1 January 1909 in Warsaw.
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Sylwester Braun
Eugeniusz Haneman · Jerzy Piorkowski (1957) Miasto Nieujarzmione, Warsaw: Iskry, pp. 165 no ISBN · Public domain
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- 1909 · Warsaw.
- Died
- 1996 · Warsaw.
- Nationality
- Poland
- Occupation
- photographer · surveyor
- Fields
- surveyor
- Education
- Warsaw University of Technology
- Honours
- Commander of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
- Languages
- Polish
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Illustration — Sylwester Braun in August 1944 Sylwester Braun (code-name "Kris", 1 January 1909, Warsaw – 9 February 1996, Warsaw) was a Polish photographer, Home Army officer. He is known for taking photos during the Nazi Occupation of Poland and the Warsaw Uprising. Braun was born on 1 January 1909 in Warsaw.
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During the Warsaw Uprising he took 3000 photographs of battles, people, destruction, and everyday life in the fighting city. Generally he operated in the Śródmieście district. After the capitulation of Warsaw, he escaped from the city, returning in January 1945 to retrieve his negatives. After that he fled to Sweden, and in 1964 he immigrated to the United States. In 1981 he delivered archives of his photographs to the Historical Museum of Warsaw. Braun died in Warsaw on 2 February 1996.
WarsawUprising: German armored fighting vehicle SdKfz 251 captured by the Polish insurgents on Na Skarpie Boulevard on August 14, 1944 from 5th SS 'Viking' division
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Warsaw Uprising: German armored fighting vehicle SdKfz 251 captured by the Polish insurgents, from 8-th "Krybar" Regiment, on Na Skarpie Boulevard on August 14, 1944 from 5th SS 'Viking' division. This picture taken in Okólnik gardens. Standing first from the right Capitan Cyprian Odorkiewicz "Krybar" commander of "Krybar" Regiment. To the left insurgent with polish flag on his sleeve is Wacław
Sylwester Braun · Jan Tarczynski (1994) Pojazdy Armii Krajowej w Powstaniu Warszawskim, Warsaw: WKt http
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1909
Sylwester Braun born at Warsaw.
1996
Sylwester Braun died at Warsaw.
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Sylwester Braun is recorded as having received Commander of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland.
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