Sylwester Braun

He is known for taking photos during the Nazi Occupation of Poland and the Warsaw Uprising.

During the Warsaw Uprising he took 3000 photographs of battles, people, destruction, and everyday life in the fighting city.

After the capitulation of Warsaw, he escaped from the city, returning in January 1945 to retrieve his negatives.

In 1981 he delivered archives of his photographs to the Historical Museum of Warsaw.

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Sylwester Braun in August 1944