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English: WarsawUprising: German armored fighting vehicle SdKfz 251 captured by the Polish insurgents, from 8-th "Krybar" Regiment, on Na Skarpie Boulevard on August 14, 1944 from 5th SS 'Viking' division. In this picture taken on Tamka Street, soldier with MP-40 submachine gun is his first insurgent commander Adam Dewicz "Gray Wolf". From his nickname insurgents gave the vehicle name "Gray Wolf" and used it in attack on Warsaw University.

Polski: Powstanie Warszawskie: Niemiecki transporter opancerzony SdKfz 251 zdobyty przez powstańców z VIII zgrupowanie "Krybar" przy Alei Na Skarpie dnia 14.VIII.1944 od 5-tej dywizji SS 'Viking'. Na tym zdięciu, zrobionym na ulicy Tamka, żołnierz z pistoletem maszynowym MP-40 to jego pierwszy powstańczy dowódca plutonowy podchorąrzy Adam Dewicz "Szary Wilk". Od jego pseudonimu transporter został nazwany "Szary Wilk" i był użyty w ataku na Uniwersytet Warszawski.

Date

1944-08-14

Source

Jerzy Piorkowski (1957) Miasto Nieujarzmione, Warsaw: Iskry, pp. 118 no ISBN (fotografia błędnie przypisana Eugeniuszowi Hanemanowi)
Opracowanie Zbiorowe (1 August 1957) Powstanie Warszawskie w Ilustracji, Warsaw: Wydanie Specjalne Warszawskiego Tygodnika Ilustrowanego "Stolica", pp. s. 17
Jan Grużewski; Stanisław Kopf (1957) Dni Powstania, Kronika Fotograficzna Walczącej Warszawy, Warsaw: PAX, pp. 61 no ISBN
Norman Davies (2003) Rising '44. The Battle for Warsaw, London: Pan Macmillan ISBN 0-333-90568-7

Author

Sylwester Braun (1909–1996)
Alternative names	"Kris"
Description	Polish photographer
Date of birth/death	1 January 1909	9 February 1996
Location of birth/death	Warsaw	Warsaw
Work period	1944
Work location	Warsaw Uprising

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This image is in the public domain because according to the Art. 3 of copyright law of March 29, 1926 of the Republic of Poland and Art. 2 of copyright law of July 10, 1952 of the People's Republic of Poland, all photographs by Polish photographers (or published for the first time in Poland or simultaneously in Poland and abroad) published without a clear copyright notice before the law was changed on May 23, 1994 are assumed public domain in Poland.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it meets three requirements:

it was first published outside the United States (and not published in the U.S. within 30 days)
it was first published before March 1, 1989 without complying with U.S. copyright formalities
it was in the public domain in its home country (Poland) on the URAA date (January 1, 1996).

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