Collection on General Wladyslaw Sikorski 1931-1993 |
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Biography / History: Wladyslaw Sikorski (1881-1943). General; politician, from 1918 served in the Polish Army. Prime Minister and Minister of Defense (1922-25). Held in reserve till 1939 when he escaped to France. From 1939, Prime Minister and Minister of Defense in Government in Exile; also Commander in Chief. In Britain from 1940, signed agreement with USSR (Sikorski- Majski Treaty) to organize Polish Army in the USSR. Died in July 1943 in an air crash under suspicious circumstances. | Abstract: speeches of Gen. Sikorski, programs of his visits; press clippings. | Inventory (in Polish): |
No | Title | Dates | Lang. | 1 | Materiały dot. biografii Władysława Sikorskiego- korespondencja, maszynopisy | 1941 - 1953 | Polish, English, French | 2 | Korespondecja, przemówienia i programy wizyt gen. Władysława Sikorskiego | 1931 - 1942 | Polish, French | 3 | Materiały dotyczące śmierci, pogrzebu oraz sprowadzenia do Polski prochów gen. Władysława Sikorskiego | 1943 - 1993 | Polish, English | 4 | Wycinki artykułów prasowych dot. gen. Władysława Sikorskiego | 1939 - 1993 | Polish, English | 5 | Kopia Protokołu przesłuchania świadka por. Ludwika M. Łubieńskiego w sprawie Katastrofy Gibraltarskiej | 1943 - 1969 | Polish, English | 6 | Speech of General Wladyslaw Sikorski, Prime Minister of Poland, on the Russo-German War, broadcast over the BBC, on June 24, 1941 | 1941 - 1941 | English | All rights reserved. Database conversion: Zevax Inc.{plusone} |