Restored a heavily damaged 110-year-old photo of my great-grandfather (in the sidecar) with his Polish Legion comrades. The 3rd picture shows his original 1914 ring that survived WWII with him.
Restored a heavily damaged 110-year-old photo of my great-grandfather (in the sidecar) with his Polish Legion comrades. The 3rd picture shows his original 1914 ring that survived WWII with him.
**A little backstory:** > This is my great-grandfather Marian (sitting in the sidecar). He fought for Poland’s independence in the Polish Legions. The ring in the 3rd picture is engraved with “Legiony Polskie 1914” and is a tangible piece of his history.
His journey was incredibly difficult. Decades later, during WWII, he survived the Warsaw Uprising as a civilian. After the uprising fell, he was captured and sent to the Stutthof concentration camp. Later, he was transferred to a forced labor camp called “Stary Folwark”, where he dug trenches alongside 800 other prisoners.
Miraculously, he survived. We also have over 100 letters he exchanged with his wife during that dark time that survived to this day.
I recently started a project to restore these old family photos and share these untold stories so they are never forgotten. If anyone is interested in seeing the restoration process and the actual ring on video, I just made a short 60-second documentary about his story here:[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GzBmv0X3gqc](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GzBmv0X3gqc)
Thanks for letting me share a piece of my family’s history!
Cdcgirl2 on
Awesome pic!
923kjd on
Incredible. Thank you for sharing this. Your great grandfather was a legend.
ChanceProgram9374 on
Truly fantastic work.
VeryNearlyAnArmful on
Allies and heroes in two world wars. Proudly independent and fighting evil. Honoured, feared and respected for their prowess and bravery on land, sea and air. We will never forget.
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**A little backstory:** > This is my great-grandfather Marian (sitting in the sidecar). He fought for Poland’s independence in the Polish Legions. The ring in the 3rd picture is engraved with “Legiony Polskie 1914” and is a tangible piece of his history.
His journey was incredibly difficult. Decades later, during WWII, he survived the Warsaw Uprising as a civilian. After the uprising fell, he was captured and sent to the Stutthof concentration camp. Later, he was transferred to a forced labor camp called “Stary Folwark”, where he dug trenches alongside 800 other prisoners.
Miraculously, he survived. We also have over 100 letters he exchanged with his wife during that dark time that survived to this day.
I recently started a project to restore these old family photos and share these untold stories so they are never forgotten. If anyone is interested in seeing the restoration process and the actual ring on video, I just made a short 60-second documentary about his story here:[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GzBmv0X3gqc](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GzBmv0X3gqc)
Thanks for letting me share a piece of my family’s history!
Awesome pic!
Incredible. Thank you for sharing this. Your great grandfather was a legend.
Truly fantastic work.
Allies and heroes in two world wars. Proudly independent and fighting evil. Honoured, feared and respected for their prowess and bravery on land, sea and air. We will never forget.
Thank you for sharing.