August 14th, 2009
Royal Route, Castle Square, Old Town, Marszałkowska Street and several dozen of panoramas, photos and postcards with views of the prewar capital city of Poland from collections of the State Archive of the Capital City of Warsaw converted into puzzles in www.epuzzle.info website.

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March 24th, 2007
On March the 24th, 2007 a scientific conference 'The Years 1806-1807 on the Polish Lands' organised by the Faculty of History of the Mazovian Higher School of Humanities and Pedagogics in Lowicz was held. In the programme of the conference among others there were presentations of Professor Janusz Wojtasik about Great Poland Uprising of 1806 and of Professor Tadeusz Rawski about the revival of Polish army in the country. The Manager of the Division in Lowicz of the State Archive of the Capital City of Warsaw, Marek Wojtylak delivered a speech on the subject of 'An Oath of the Polish Knighthood on the Common of Lowicz on January the 1st 1807'. The presentation was an occasion to discuss other events concerning the Napoleonic era, which are reflected in the archival materials from the collection of the Lowicz Archive. Answering many questions asked by participants, a presenter emphasised a considerable amount of scientific dissertations, which had been written and are still being prepared on the basis of the archival materials stored in Lowicz.

February 19th, 2006
Last year "The Warsaw Chronicle" had its jubilee. In issue 3 to commemorate this jubilee we recalled the history of this publication from its first issue to this day. In this issue we also recall people who created "The Warsaw Chronicle", those who cooperated with it on a permanent basis as well as authors who published their work in this quarterly. Also, the material on Varsovian books and periodicals is included in this issue.

In issue 4 of "The Warsaw Chronicle" there is an article by M. Tarczynski on the Battle of Warsaw on the occasion of its 80th anniversary. In this issue one can find a large sketch on Tadeusz Smisniewicz (nicknamed Hrabia) who organized explosives manufacture in conspiracy with the Home Army in Warsaw; a story about renowned Warsaw sculptor Ludwika Nitschowa who was the author of numerous monuments. The issue contains a text on anti-aircraft defense in Warsaw in years 1914-1915, a report from the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the beginnings of Solidarity movement in the Mazovia region and many others…

December 7th, 2005
On the 15th of November the traveling exhibition titled "We do not accept the opponents of socialism. At the 25th Anniversary of Solidarity" was opened in the building of the State Ethnographic Museum in Lviv (Ukraine).
The exhibition was prepared by the State Archive of Warsaw in cooperation with the Wola Museum, the Board of Masovia region of the Solidarity Trade Union and the Consulate General of Poland in Lviv.

The exhibition presents posters, photographs, leaflets, stamps, envelopes printed for various occasions and other material depicting the transition that have taken place in Poland since the rules of Edward Gierek, through the uprisings of workers in Radom and Ursus, establishing the democratic opposition, up to the meeting at the 'round table' and resulting free election in 1989.

The exhibition is open until December 13th 2005 in the Museum's working hours.

November 30th, 2005
We would like to invite you to an official ceremony of handing over of the photographs taken at the beginning of World War II. The State Archive of Warsaw will receive the rights to the photos made by an unknown author which will be handed over by Mrs. Angelika Diekmann and & Mr. Axel Diekmann, the owners of Polskapresse Publishing Group.
The decision on handing over these photographs was made in September 2005 during the official opening of the exhibition titled "Warsaw, Autumn 1939", which was organized by the Polskapresse Publishing Group, the State Archive of Warsaw and the Lazienki Krolewskie Museum. More...

This publication was made possible by the financial support of the State Archives of Warsaw.

October 17th, 2005
In the first issue of the "Chronicles" from 2005 there are expert statements on the history of Warsaw and the current state of Warsaw development strategy. It is a very up-to-date subject as at the moment the work schedule and the vision of the city up to 2020 is being developed, and also a very significant subject as the development strategy will shape the future of Warsaw and the assumptions of this strategy will influence the quality of life for the citizens of Warsaw in the perspective of the next tens of years. The issue also contains the report on the 50-year-long history of the Archive of Audio-Visual Records - a body established for the purpose of collecting, holding and disseminating a particular type of archival documentation: photographs, films and audio recordings.

The 2nd issue of "Chronicles" from 2005 recalls the visits of Pope John Paul II in Warsaw - unforgettable special meetings during which we could enjoy His presence, His words and His gestures. "Chronicles" also tells us how Warsaw was bidding this Great Pole farewell.

This publication was made possible by the financial support of the State Archives of Warsaw.

September 7th, 2005
The State Archives of Warsaw, Division in Mława and the Solidarity Trade Union invite to the exhibition "Żeby Polska była Polska" (Let Poland be Poland) organized at the 25th anniversary of Solidarity Movement.
The exhibition presents mainly posters and leaflets on the background of enlarged photographs. They cover the 80s' of the last century, the period of conflicts between the Communist rule and the Polish society. Some posters illustrate the situation before the strikes in 1980. Material from both sides of the social conflict is presented, enabling the assessment of their activities and phenomena occurring in political, social and economic life and political strategies resulting from different points of view.

The exhibition will be open till September 23rd (Monday-Friday from 9 am to 3 pm) in the building of the State Archives of Warsaw, Division In Mława at the Narutowicza 3 street.

Aeptember 6th, 2005
On September the 7th at 1 pm in the 21 Municipal Museum in Ljubljana, Slovenia the exhibition "Greetings from Warsaw", organized by the State Archives of Warsaw, was opened. Postcards showing Warsaw from the end of the XIXth century to 1939 are presented at the exhibition
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August 31st, 2005
On August the 30th, 2005 in the reading room of the State Archives in Warsaw the Internet website of the European project EMILE was officially inaugurated. The introduction for the project and Website was delivered by the Director of the State Archives in Warsaw - Ryszard Wojtkowski. Marta Jaszczyńska (manager of the project) spoke about the content of the website.

The website of the EMILE project was prepared by Marta Jaszczyńska and Damian Wawrzyński (from the Mława Division). After the introduction there was also a press conference on this project. The report from the opening was broadcast at the TV Polonia channel. During the press conference journalists could hear about the importance of immigration from Europe to America from the point of view of a common immigrant and the connections between the old immigration and the modern one.

The website address is: www.emigrantletters.com

August 22nd, 2005
On September the 2nd, 2005 the photographic exhibition "Warsaw - Autumn 1939" was opened. The exhibition will be open everyday (except Mondays) till October the 16th, 2005 from 9.00 am to 4.00 pm in Łazienki Królewskie (Kings’ Bath) in Warsaw.
The exhibition organizers are: Grupa Wydawnicza Polskapresse, The State Archives of Warsaw, Muzeum Łazienki Królewskie.

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June 24th, 2005
The State Archive of the Capital City of Warsaw informs that during summer months (July and August) our Reading Room will be open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., and between July 25th and August 26th it will be closed. The Reading Rooms in our divisions will be closed in the following
periods: Grodzisk Mazowiecki on July 18th - August 18th, Otwock on August 1st - August 31st, Pułtusk on July 1st - July 29th, Mława on August 25th - September 23rd, Nidzica on July 1st - July 29th. The Reading Room in our division in Łowicz will be open as usual.

March 18th, 2005
The year 2004 was announced by the Warsaw City Council as the Memorial Year of Stefan Starzyński, the former President of Warsaw. By publishing materials about his life and public activity, the new issue of "Kronika Warszawy" brings back the profile of the unique person - the heroic President of Warsaw. In this issue we present materials from the conference "Pamięci Stefana Starzyńskiego - Warszawskie mateczniki dziedzictwa i tradycji", the report from the "European Heritage Days" in Warsaw and also a new Warsaw Calendar.

Attached to the new issue of "Kronika Warszawy" is a CD containing all issues of "Kronika Warszawy" published in 2004.

The journal is published with financial support of the local administration of the City of Warsaw.

March 9th, 2005
The official opening of the exhibition "Nie po drodze nam z wrogami socjalizmu. W 25-lecie powstania Solidarności" ("We do not want to have anything in common with the enemies of socialism. The 25th anniversary of Solidarity Movement") took place in the Museum of Wola at Srebrna Street in Warsaw. At the exhibition there were posters, photographs, prints, newspapers, brochures and other archival materials which show the Solidarity Movement in the records of communist propaganda. The exhibition combines official communist governmental and propaganda records with Solidarity Movement records from the time of official registration of the trade union and its activity in the time of the Martial Law in Poland or the time of the round table in 1988.

The organizers of the exhibition are: the State Archives in Warsaw, Museum of Wola in Warsaw and Masovian Regional Administration of the Trade Union "Solidarity". The exhibition will be open till April 30th, 2005.

March 9th, 2005
The Historical Museum of Warsaw and the State Archives in Warsaw opened the exhibition "The Polish Corps in Marche Region, 1944-1946". The exhibition shows about 160 photographs, movies and soldier's memorabilia from the Polish Army in the Italian Campaign in 1944. The exhibition presents not widely known facts from the history of Polish-Italian relations, eg. fights of the new Italian Army together with the Polish Army against the Germans and post war service of the Polish Army troops and soldiers in Central Italy in 1946. The main organizer of the exhibition is a local administration of Marche Region in Italy, whom search records for example in the Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum in London, where found large collection of photos, from fights of Polish Army in Italy, liberated a small Italian towns and also post war service for established schools and social care institutions.

President of Italy, Carlo Azeglio Champi and Mayor of Warsaw, Lech Kaczyński have the patronage of the exhibition. The exhibition will be open till March 28th, 2005