This is one of the greatest iconographic discoveries of recent years, revealing the drama and heroism of post-war reconstruction. The Jan Karski Institute of War Losses has presented a collection of nearly 3,000 photographs depicting the capital city shortly after the end of World War II.

The collection was created by Andrzej Leonard Nitsch, an architect and employee of the Capital Reconstruction Office, who documented the ruined city and the first moments of its reconstruction with extraordinary accuracy.

“Andrzej Nitsch’s collection of photographs is not only a documentation of the destruction of Warsaw, but also a unique testimony to the national determination to rebuild the capital. It is a source of knowledge about the past that allows us to understand the scale of sacrifice and courage of those generations,” emphasised Dr Bartosz Gondek, Director of the Institute of War Losses.

The event, which took place at the History Meeting House, was organised in cooperation with:
Lech Parell, Head of the Office for War Veterans and Victims of Oppression,
Jakub Stefaniak, Deputy Head of the Prime Minister's Office 
Aldona Machnowska-Góra – Deputy Mayor of the Capital City of Warsaw 
Jerzy S. Majewski, journalist and Warsaw expert, gave a wonderful account of the significance of this extraordinary collection.