Lucjan Krause Warsaw Uprising postcards

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 6212

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Lucjan Krause Warsaw Uprising postcards scans and translations

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Content Description

A collection of approximately 75 postcards and handmade cards sent from schoolchildren in Poland to Lucjan Krause (1928-2022), a member of the Polish underground resistance who fought in the Warsaw Uprising (1944). The cards, mostly written by Polish schoolchildren in 2018, express gratitude for Krause's wartime sacrifice and heroism. The cards in this collection were designed and delivered as part of a Polish campaign--"BohaterON"--to commemorate and honor the participants of the Warsaw Uprising and promote the history of Poland in the 20th century.

Dates

Creation: 2018

Creator

Krause, Lucjan, 1928- (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Biographical / Historical

Lucjan Krause (1928-2022) was a Polish physicist, professor emeritus at the University of Windsor in Canada, and a veteran of the Warsaw Uprising (1944). Catherine Quinlan, Dean of the USC Libraries, is Lucjan Krause's daughter.

Extent

0.21 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

Polish

Additional Description

Abstract

Additional collection guides

Sophie Lesinska, Head, Doheny Memorial Library, created a file of presentation slides (see the digital object linked to this finding aid) with images of some of the postcards in the collection, along with supplemental information and Polish to English translations.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Catherine Quinlan, June 30, 2020 and July 29, 2022.

Separated Materials

Lucjan Krause's autobiography, From the Vistula to the Canadian Great Lakes: A Life's Journey, was donated to the USC Libraries as part of the acquisition of the Lucjan Krause Warsaw Uprising postcards. See the bibliographic record for Krause's autobiography in WorldCat for access to this work.