Historical context
What do we know about this scene
The photograph was taken in September 1944 in the area of Napoleon Square, today's Powstańców Warszawy Square. The catalog identification of Sylwester Braun's series indicates insurgent positions in the ruined building of the Main Post Office at 8 Napoleon Square. The building, captured on August 2, was an important outpost controlling the area of the square and Warecka Street. In the background you can see the ruins of buildings destroyed during German air raids and shelling. The frame shows how a monumental public building was transformed into an improvised fighting position. The exact matching of this frame to the inventory card requires further verification, which is why the location was described as the area of the Main Post Office.