The display, available for viewing outside the Polish Consulate General in New York, was mounted on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the unsuccessful World War II revolt.
The exhibition, which runs until early October, features colorized photos of the Warsaw Uprising, which started in the Polish capital on August 1, 1944 and lasted 63 days.
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The black-and-white photos were brought to life in color by Mikołaj Kaczmarek, an artist from the western Polish town of Gostyń who attended the exhibition's launch on Wednesday.
Among the guests at the event was Warsaw Uprising veteran Andrzej Rawicz, who was 10 when the insurgency started, 14 when he moved to the United States, and is now 90 years old.
Artist Mikołaj Kaczmarek, Warsaw Uprising veteran Andrzej Rawicz, Polish Consul General Mateusz Sakowicz, and journalist Wojciech Maślanka pose for a photo at the exhibition's launch in New York on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Photo: Danuta Isler/Radio Poland
Rawicz is one of the very few surviving Warsaw Uprising fighters.
Radio Poland's Danuta Isler filed this report from New York.
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