On September 1, 1939, Hitler set the world on fire, starting with Poland.
The 81th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II is passing. The war also started in my city.
Rawa Mazowiecka, photos - fotopolska.eu, bundesarchiv.de, Museum of the Rawa Land in Rawa Mazowiecka and own.
Rawa Mazowiecka, photos - fotopolska.eu, bundesarchiv.de, Museum of the Rawa Land in Rawa Mazowiecka and own.
Two German soldiers removing the Polish emblem from the Government Commissariat in Gdynia, Gdańsk, September 1, 1939.
The Nazis enter Rawa Mazowiecka. September 1939.
Rawa Mazowiecka, the same place as in the picture above - the first picture is the seventies, the second picture is a screenshot from Google Earth, the third picture - this is how it looks today. It will be gone soon.
Another photo, taken literally a few dozen meters away. Rawa Mazowiecka September 1939.
The first photo shows the same place as in the photo above, it was taken on 31.08.2019. It is also the same place as in the archive photographs next door.
I would like to say here that basically all these archival photos were taken in one square, now it is named after Marshal Józef Piłsudski. Below are the next ones.
I would like to say here that basically all these archival photos were taken in one square, now it is named after Marshal Józef Piłsudski. Below are the next ones.
Formerly - the Church of Augustine-Jesuit-God-tombs in Rawa Mazowiecka. 1928 year.
Now - Parish Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Maryin Rawa Mazowiecka. Marshal Józef Piłsudski Square.
The same square in September 1939. On the last photo 1942, Hungarian soldiers in Rawa Mazowiecka.
This is what the church looks like today, which is in the archival photographs above. 31.08.2019.
It is still the same square only on the opposite side of the church, 1st interwar period,
2, 1935-1940.
... and now. The City Hall is located here.
... and this is Primary School No. 1 named after Tadeusz Kościuszko, this is where I started my education a long time ago, but long after the Germans were here.
...this is how it looks August 31, 2019.
The mill in Rawa. September 1939.
In June 2011, the historic mill burned down, set on fire by two children.
Middle and last photo from the Dziennik Łódzki newspaper.
The city has the ruins of an ancient castle of Mazovian princes, whose completion is dated at the end of the fourteenth century. In 1958, a powerful hurricane almost destroyed the tower's reconstruction.
It remains in this form until today.
And finally, a bird's eye view of my place where I live. In the distance, a reservoir on the Rawka river.
Source: High School Maria Skłodowska-Curie in Rawa Mazowiecka, author Maciej Słomka.
I would like to sincerely thank everyone who wanted to stay in my city for a moment and I wish everyone, wherever they are, never to experience the horrors of war. I was it lucky. (So far).
I am very sorry for the quality of my contemporary photos, but I took them in a hurry, with my old but beloved telephone.
