Polish hero General Count Tadeusz Komorowski (Korczak Coat of Arms), 1895 – 1966 , better known by the name Bór-Komorowski (after one of his wartime code-names: Bór - "The Forest"), at the end of World War II was in Salzburg and Innsbruck (Austria), at that time belonged to Germany's Third Reich.
In July 1941 he became deputy commander of the Polish Home Army (Armia Krajowa or "AK"), and in March 1943 gained appointment as its commander, with the rank of Brigadier-General. He was appointed commander in chief a day before the capitulation of the Warsaw Uprising and following World War II, Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile in London. Since 1956 General Count Tadeusz Bór Komorowski earned his living in England... as an upholsterer.
The ruins of Warsaw after the Uprising 1944
Inscription: General Bor-Komorowski (short man with dark moustache in centre) with Polish officers of his staff who were forced to capitulate with him after the ill-fated Warsaw Rising last year, walking dawn a mountain road at Innsbruck, Austria, shortly after their liberation from Itter castle where their had been kept prisoner. On left an American M.P., gives them a salute as they pass by.
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date: ca. 1945. Medium: Gelatin silver printCredit Line: Transferred from the Slavic and Baltic Division, 2012.Department: Photography CollectionObject Number: SLV 091, Volume 5, Plate 73. Source: www.digitalcollections.nypl.org THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY DIGITAL COLLECTIONS.
In July 1941 he became deputy commander of the Polish Home Army (Armia Krajowa or "AK"), and in March 1943 gained appointment as its commander, with the rank of Brigadier-General. He was appointed commander in chief a day before the capitulation of the Warsaw Uprising and following World War II, Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile in London. Since 1956 General Count Tadeusz Bór Komorowski earned his living in England... as an upholsterer.
The ruins of Warsaw after the Uprising 1944
After the capitulation of Warsaw Uprising in October 1944 after two months of fierce fighting Bór-Komorowski surrendered to the Germans. Bór-Komorowski went into internment in Germany and next in Markt Pongau Camp near Salzburg, Austria. Near Innsbruck the capital of Land Tyrol he was freed by US troops. In Innsbruck he met the French generals Maxime Weygand and Maurice Gamelin, who at the same time were freed from captivity.
General Bor-Komorowski... with Polish officers... [in] Innsbruck, Austria, shortly after their liberation.
About picture above:
Inscription: General Bor-Komorowski (short man with dark moustache in centre) with Polish officers of his staff who were forced to capitulate with him after the ill-fated Warsaw Rising last year, walking dawn a mountain road at Innsbruck, Austria, shortly after their liberation from Itter castle where their had been kept prisoner. On left an American M.P., gives them a salute as they pass by.
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date: ca. 1945. Medium: Gelatin silver printCredit Line: Transferred from the Slavic and Baltic Division, 2012.Department: Photography CollectionObject Number: SLV 091, Volume 5, Plate 73. Source: www.digitalcollections.nypl.org THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY DIGITAL COLLECTIONS.
Author's Note:
This photo rather not done in the Innsbruck. The scenery and landscape does not fit. Maybe in Telfs (under Hohe Munde peak) or in Markt Pongau Camp? By the way: General Bór-Komorowski was never imprisoned in Castle Itter.
This photo rather not done in the Innsbruck. The scenery and landscape does not fit. Maybe in Telfs (under Hohe Munde peak) or in Markt Pongau Camp? By the way: General Bór-Komorowski was never imprisoned in Castle Itter.
Adi
Own elaboration based on ogniskopolskie.org.uk and Wikipedia.
