The photograph shows a large group of children and young people of all ages in thick military coats or in “kufajka” [quilted jackets] with belts. Among them there is a tall man towering above the crowd. Behind them, in the background you can see a high embankment with snow ; The author of the photograph was the father of the photo owner. He was an engineer - building roads and bridges (a specialization in the former KK Austria), Mikołaj Bogdanowicz. During the 1st World War, as a native of Galicia, he was appointed to the Austrian army. In this army he was the commander of three companies of engineers, one of whom was Jewish company. The area of its operation was Volhynia and partially Podolia, where during many months of "stopping" of the front he was building trenches, roads, bridges, etc. ; the period of 1st World War, Podolia, now Ukraine ; The photo sent to the contest named “Photography of the Polish village pre-1948” organized in 1983 by the quarterly “Fotografia” (Photography) and the weekly “Nowa Wieś” (New village). Copy of the photo kept at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (former Institute for the History of Material Culture)
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Oct 27, 2022
May 29, 2014
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https://rcin.org.pl/publication/59961
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[Bogdanowicz, Mikołaj], [ok. 1914-1918], [Dzieci w kufajkach] [Dokument ikonograficzny] | Oct 27, 2022 |
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