Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego

Insurgents, daily records of what was happening day after day in Warsaw, a database of the Participants of the Warsaw Rising and a database of civilian losses. All the materials have been prepared by our experts, families of the Insurgents and history afficionados.

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Discover our unique digital archive – the photographs of the Warsaw Rising, WW2 in Poland (1939-1945 period), pre-war and post-war Warsaw.

The ‘Insurgents’ biographical notes’ Database is a type of Internet encyclopedia dedicated to the Warsaw Rising Participants. You are kindly invited to send your comments!

We continuously conduct the research in different archives and publish the results that may be accessed by everyone. Help us in our efforts!

Listen to the witnesses of our History The Oral History Archive presents ca. 4,000 interviews with those who witnessed the events of 1944. We have been gathering the testimonies of the heroes and witnesses of the Warsaw Rising since the Museum was opened in 2004.

The Database collects information about the burial places of the Warsaw Rising participants who passed away (soldiers and the others who were involved in the Rising from 1944 till today). The database is being continuously updated and includes those who were buried in Warsaw, in Poland and abroad. Help us collecting the data!

Museum resources

Photo library

Over 13,000 photos in our Archive

Database of the Insurgents

The Online database of the participants of the Warsaw Rising

Civilian losses

The database of the Warsaw Rising civilian losses

Oral history

Listen to the witnesses of our History

Database of the Insurgents’ graves