BEEGER J. F. - Warsaw Uprising 44' [postwar].

Format:15x23cm. Black and white photograph, bromine, paper.

Author's stamp on back: "J.F. BEEGER -WARSZAWA- FILTROWA 91".

Photographs by Jerzy Beeger depicting insurgents, probably from the "Ruczaj" battalion, from battles in the area of Mokotowska and Piekna streets .

Jerzy Ferdynand Beeger a.k.a. "Ferdynand" [ 1923-2006] - corporal of VII [battalion] "Ruczaj" grouping. - "Habdank" company; his younger brother Janusz a.k.a. "Hammer" was a soldier in the same company.

Battalion "Ruczaj" - a Home Army battalion formed during the Warsaw Uprising, which was created on the basis of the VII Grouping of the 2nd District of the 1st Downtown District. Commanded by Lt. Col. "Slawbor" - Jan Szczurek-Cergowski. The combat area of the "Ruczaj" battalion was: Mokotowska - Piusa XI [today Piękna] - Chopina - Koszykowa - Marszałkowska. Its units captured the telephone exchange building - the so-called small PAST at 19 Piusa XI St. - on the morning of August 23. It numbered more than 1,500 soldiers, and lost 250 in the fighting. Among those who fought in its ranks were Samuel Willenberg, Stefan Nowaczek and Jerzy Parzynski.