Muzeum Wojska Polskiego collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn5887
• English
• a: Height: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Width: 31.750 inches (80.645 cm) | Depth: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) b: Height: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Width: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm)
• Updated 8 months ago

Metal remains of a Karabinek wz 29 Polish bolt-action rifle, found among ruins of the Warsaw Ghetto in the 1960s. Production of the wz 29 began in the early 1930s at the Polish National Arms Factory in Radom, and it was based on and nearly identical to the German Mauser 98k, the standard rifle for the German army. The wz 29 was the standard Polish infantry weapon when Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. A few days later, the factory at Radom was forced to shut down when local officials ordered the employees to evacuate. Despite Polish resistance, the Germans bombarded Warsaw with a...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn5888
• English
• overall: Height: 7.625 inches (19.368 cm) | Diameter: 2.875 inches (7.303 cm)
• Updated 8 months ago

Remains of a 75 mm artillery shell, found among ruins of the Warsaw Ghetto in the 1960s. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland and Warsaw on September 29, after subjecting the city to heavy artillery bombardment. Warsaw had the largest Jewish population in Europe before the war. On October 12, 1940, German authorities in Warsaw decreed the establishment of a 1.3 square mile Jewish ghetto and required over 400,000 Jews from the city and nearby towns to relocate there. Between July 22 and September 12, 1942, approximately 265,000 Jews were deported from Warsaw to Treblinka killing cent...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn5889
• English
• overall: Height: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm) | Diameter: 2.875 inches (7.303 cm)
• Updated 8 months ago

Remains of a 75 mm artillery shell, found among ruins of the Warsaw Ghetto in the 1960s. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland and Warsaw on September 29, after subjecting the city to heavy artillery bombardment. Warsaw had the largest Jewish population in Europe before the war. On October 12, 1940, German authorities in Warsaw decreed the establishment of a 1.3 square mile Jewish ghetto and required over 400,000 Jews from the city and nearby towns to relocate there. Between July 22 and September 12, 1942, approximately 265,000 Jews were deported from Warsaw to Treblinka killing cent...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn5890
• English
• overall: Height: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) | Width: 8.625 inches (21.908 cm) | Depth: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm)
• Updated 8 months ago

Metal remains of a German Mauser P38 pistol found buried in the Kampinos Forest near Warsaw, Poland. The P38 was originally developed by Carl Walther in 1938, and in 1942 production was contracted out to two additional firms, Mauser and Spreewerk. Before shipment to the German army, firearms had to be inspected and stamped with a code (called a Waffenamt) unique to the inspector. The original stamp for P38 pistols produced by Mauser depicted an eagle over the numbers 135. The stamp was changed at the end of 1943 to include letters. Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939 and entered the...