The material is composed of 5 files within a box-file and comprising, in Polish, the various chapters of Droga do Katastrofy. Wspomnienia Wojskowego Komendanta Miasta Warszawy z lat 1935-39. There is an English translation of the contents of this work with the English title, The road to disaster. Reminiscences of the military commandant of the city of Warsaw 1935-39.
Papers of Col. Stanislas Machowicz
This material is held atEdinburgh University Library Heritage Collections
- Reference
- GB 237 Coll-668
- Dates of Creation
- 1935-1939
- Language of Material
- Polish
- Physical Description
- 1 box-file containing 5 files.
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Colonel Stanislas Machowicz was Military Commandant of the city of Warsaw, 1935-1939. This was the very short pre-war period during which the 'Colonels' had succeeded Marshall Josef Pilsudski on his death in 1935, and which was marked by increased antagonism between the right and left in Poland.
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