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Adam Marshall

My Grand-Grandfather Wincenty Romanowski

24 May 2025
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  • Poland
  • Second World War
  • "Grandparents. Grand Stories" competition

Adam Marshall
Poland

The photos show a typescript of my great-grandfather Wincenty Romanowski’s memoir of the September 1939 campaign, the typewriter on which he wrote it, and his desk. They also include a biography from the IPN (Institute of National Remembrance) bulletin explaining who Wincenty Romanowski was.