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I have been there many times
It is an amazing place – not only because is houses the unique collection of artefacts (just mind blowing!) but also because the atmosphere and historical significance of archives that are, to my knowledge, largely still waiting to be revived and catalogued
What if find incredible is the fact that almost each artefact has a “personal story” -
1. letters with shrapnels
2. letter to the mother written by a pilot on the collar of his shirt when in a live-saving boat – actually he survived
3. swords collected from Polish Lancers by the Germans in 1939 and then “recovered” from German tank crews by Karpatians in Tobruk
4. Polish Navy HQ banner stolen in 1939 and then found by 1 Pancerna in the Officers’ bar in Wilhelmshafen
5. And many others!
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