The Kulski Foundation will soon begin to produce a historical documentary on the defense of the Polish Security Printing Works during the Warsaw Uprising. An initial phase of the production process will be completed in a few months.
The seizure of the German-occupied Works by Uprising forces and their defense of the complex against the occupants’ repeated recapture attempts which ultimately ended with insurgents loss is one of many tragic stories of the armed struggle during the Warsaw Uprising.
The fighting for the Polish Security Printing Works, a key local “redoubt” of the insurgents, started on 2 August and ended 26 days later, when the Polish defence collapsed. The remnants of units defending the complex withdrew to the Old Town. The civilians and the wounded from the makeshift hospital located in the complex were captured by the Germans. Those identified as resistance fighters were shot at sight. German soldiers storming the last insurgents’ shelter killed the defenseless Hanna Petrynowska (nome de guerre “Rana”, or “The Wound”), the doctor in charge of the hospital.
“During the 27 days of the fighting for the Works complex, 80-100 Polish soldiers died there, the building was destroyed in 60% and 80% of the machinery and equipment were lost,” the Security Works website reads.
The documentary on which we work will run for about 40 minutes. The project will take approximately 3-4 months to complete. Stay tuned for more details.
Fot. PWPW