Uprising Letters Up For Sale
6th February 2008
An auction house in Düsseldorf has put up a collection of letters and postmarks from the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, and Polish authorities are scrambling to raise money to buy the priceless artefacts. An auction house in Düsseldorf has put up a collection of letters and postmarks from the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, and Polish authorities are scrambling to raise money to buy the priceless artefacts. The Ulrich Felzmann auction house has not released the seller’s identity, but has provided the Warsaw Uprising Museum detailed photographs of the items being offered. Museum authorities have requested emergency funds from the Culture Ministry to buy the three-volume set, being offered at a starting pric ...
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