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I~,,~~~'-(fh:. {)f tl}(~lj.l\~~~ 'iea. i:n" h·~ eluded" a 1:.:,1 ; L.'!ci. L,:.li" .?! r~~J ~ i,jnit.Hla· t;.a~r, i!1.l,:i~t " t, dj!~dly in I'f'~''.,:J h'1t :.T4>~gf twhieh hcHi hJoc' ;
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nn~Gtion. tit t,h~ P.'rfJ f~fthe 194U~.

Comp~re 'With fil: 205: this gun hfi:~a !,(Wa:Oi;ltad rnaga· .r.ine hOHSit18 and a. .fixed. b'!..ltt, nul Lh!j east alloy bmt plt!u1 and U"H;: tI.';g.gcr .homl1nf: 1'l~ similar to' those of the ,JJl)~k-' CP~'r'irnde..~ign:.MHZ(j'W[l arDjs.kO· Ptt}skiego coIl ec:tioo, photo by ~IIU;lRj Sk(K;Znn

Lhi'Oughout Poland, such as the ooe ~n MogHsh Stroot in (."'m:"~Qw.(d"ist:~edal'blwe}.


]1.1 adJiti·cI.U, dtl~d~g the· m~1ths ioo.n1ediate:ly. l!rocadl~lg ~~m'Warsar,,\' LJptilSing in A'u;;.I<lst! 1944.- a, Sle~l l:.vp:y.a~llhly :pliant Was G$talllisherl tb.~,

includiilg, 260 !'Widan" kits from Wi lol d Han


(ili!fr;mJ:s.ud abOVre).,

lSW¥\I"S'k

t'lljf.h.erell.octU'ilirl~t(J

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pre:;;;u\"ec]. l'8Corns-aomlt 700 ~n by 'vari01t!S- m.ftli)J.tac:t'rJ.iJ'crs,

A tfJtal of 200 parts kits of ~~g manufacture \i\.f8roasoornbloo iJe:fOf'l;!me Uprising began-oo. At~.b"'USt . 1, HH<a. \'Vi I:h a fu:rtb.er :60 bemg ruoS€H1Ull.'::d.b~fnn5 th1!:.~flCl.oi1''t,v~ bombed out uu1'i.ugu,st 2'5.

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f~r..~;oj (oMwg hHt1,w£t~~ alloy b~tl ~[I\ti;l anu . cast ~pn~ng ~j:&,ln:ed:-'ttl, a~p,t Sten.l:il~:p..:k1eS, '. lkfu:~m:1J to¥qiska ;Jil'olsklegQ t:.!illOOti~.M~ . p!:mm by I~fe~ llri Vpj'(~l
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Pdi~b ;l:£,~'H;n'; rnen -c s ..... and wo-mr:') i<jf;fj .. ,. lj ('~0 ct thf> ('iVma"1 }j1..~fJulrlErH1 of V~'a..~~h"~"';!-".'. I,~;~' u ~,.u(h or LbcePoltS-h (';1:!pital ;;J';' wa~ comple t, 1~':-'l ,Lil::. tt-0. r Af;!':~T ro. '.~ 'I', 111: ~ ~ 1 ul. h etwy ilgtl L"1,g, \-\ t.h m, \ ~ i help from UF~"h~J~'l';Jtoh/' ano :10 hop-:~i,.nsight the
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Despite w;:md:;;(,F lring totals which ,",r.plV thf' hlglsest Wail:H, \ieJ~~- \ Polish i InJ:~~l'gr[lt;_nd f~"f1. Siens SUl\-i",'p.n tl:w.tt brutal coufhc {: couclu ~i t'! ev J,jltfJUf of the hi[;ln v mortality rate suffered by the soldiers ~;::ade4cipr~".Ilt of the Home Army and other e.rmOOfactions.In fact, even the nsmcs of' many of the mauufacturers and the- bare bones of the history of the ~"U11$they made: few ii any of which remain today. wernthemselves onl y dL"(:c'·eff<Qyears efter the war as a result of much [1nJnstaking researcb 011 the part of hi,,11.l1dan.s. aad ather scholars 01£ the Polish Arm~\! Ml1sGrun tl1ID elsewhere. The stmy of how Orl~ A,"per.1 of thIs re1>!:Ja:!."1:h to a fr1'h.~Hou.s meeting ;'lflrl. 18tP.r, a rOYOllS lfld
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dmin.g Wocld

wh~cn W{'Te tb.e:n }oi"IJ;~'Gi :i!i .. ·SiUQ;_.illll,;1.1 '(i>-t~1 ~6 ;arm :..':~ th:.!~lot for the cotkiag h.mdl.'l ~;n.ci ttu;·m~t.oo ann ejecti,,jLl. a;J.)€~il"I:'S5, J.,~l. lll:DSl nota.'Jh ~:i,w-'uf ' Sl'.('.nn.d m.:inplat..:.' to .fuJ.1'j_} t.h6 *agRz:;~e housing 1.)0);;

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thon ...dded. r:Hre,,:t!-v ',)!}:t_r, "'.b{'j_ rect.l;~:u : '.-4.6ing. ..\1[ ,"'"-wb.s¥..J•n..... I+~,mght "'Piil:r, tro,f:! .&.1.:1.'1:5 ~~tr . '"S.b fakuhmvsb \..,~ d~;SCfibiI~ rrt:i._#-JIII f@t.i tit: tft~ ~en copies 0: unkJl!:J'.,i."llTi!Ol.>£:r~rce: \".-lt~l:.h heF liii.d t~-,,) rer.eJ]l.ly acquired fur-tile Pcl~ Ano;.: :.vh_~J1LrI rnlW;1j;

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HV. ,~ pput,tJ;gr!;l.pit fmin the book DR! 1"V~~~'rHI'<l'a nf fDa:ys ~~r,is:ing}.~aken i:II. ALLgl~l. 1~14 during theWfil'8ilw' Up, :umg. too capti:(m. (r.lHlfil@!fis (j~ "Honourable Platoon

'Ki~rinskr dibUjUJ:; funerai eermnnn1(<S o£. Z~nd .. Street", "1 Note! nhe Bty$k(fWiC{~ 1:•.'1..'1.111 stock folided, left .• md the C8..ptOO'OO G~TI1J£ill. Ktiaks. Gmlrtesy Herbert r Wpmilt1n.d

lection,

reunion.

Metal Factory iu\\,'a'l'$.QIw, 1>: gpt)l1P of Sttm: copies of ~-ev iously uul, .. ll(f\.>\7]t prm''IZl::lan~~eII/as \ tmmd, charac...ieJi6~d by th:eL,r p;sI;TIla:0.6.Di;ly Wl::lded
mag~8 housings, This d~enrn hf1~~~) these guru Vater identified at; roa de by fhe' Home l\,... 686 .r-~y Ordnance PiatOOTI) and the ··f~uskie~viC2 Stt':v,;.';t, In vvhkh the nu.gazme hQ1:J.slngs were J~'!).rt af a rube. surroundlag th~ recetver C-L'lSing, :su.~ted tl~i:l{ [he fi.XEd, n.lngazin~ hou;sira,g_ gn.1'1~ ~:oefe tl}(~ r)rod;uct t'lf <1

l.hrri llg t he resefl:rr.h re lr'l Tf!d to f.h~ ri,~~':rlptim:~f o the e)(cotl~) l ~·~UISt~l copies produced ail tl.l~J~'-

auszkiawicz

of the pt\lCf!dillllS wed ill th.e 'I'Imm,i;{Plichlrtrof . thB ~OO1She ba.d l;lBlp:ed t.o IWtlduf)6; 'thE!. ~:va.cl1:ed tube kn'ip1ato u~ed fQI:' ~ dl Him ~v~~ ~~wie .;,(tIfhu~ ,
"SfUM

.clel~·'OUllcl

difl~.J'E'Jl1 Underground m:olmry. .., Due tu his pa..sitimJ as 1he Hmld of tl~ Fi.f~laff~l'S Uepmiment ofl:.he Pu11::h. Anl1)' Mnoou:tn.~ Rm:tla'll MO'Iru8:.!:eWl;.k.f 'I.\",aS ~l)proadred. 4i' 19&4 'by Ste,fJ{t, Ja:k:ubows..kL ".1~1th ~ f\1QUR.<Jt lur ~'I.S ;;uui.rJt(~'J.ro~ ~,'I·f Stell guns tG hi-~ llSed in ilia d~~ .,q:f $ mo.rru,1riwl plaquo t~ ot:m1IDemQr~~e .a.pI'evt-o!.l:Sly 3f1J;Jm~l.;'l~Uu~CHQmy

celL Mt I~ub.&"NSU d£~udbed

.iIlt.t\i.Jlby pt'{itttrr~~g ~clJt hlqa~~i'Wll~ . M ~,-..a:. . ffPl:'u'trudmrltJY an ,.. $Qi:d~~lCiJd~$!1ll..'rl ,.S~ . -~. with h i~'~1!$:fwI~uC!~ , tins'. J,y{trilh} ~Wiibh~j'}\\ Sotdj~·,.~natri~~l olt11~, ~4. ~~~~;, ~~~~ . B.ri,ti!;tJ,Ste;n a$.a~pk, t~r:~~~1N~~'~''tW ' ~~ £cit PJ<.'~~'tinP--' :ii ~~. 'SWli_:'~~~ ~ 0" . ~l.s \~~.&m~·~ed ~ro. .~. {..~~e<wUr~ ~.. . t101ht\l'S mr' ttJH'm~l~~$'~li ~~.~J~ ~\~(l~~! .tr$t :a ,r~:ipfl·~wt1W$ .@~'\W~t'117 ~ 1i~ ..

British JYrkll a ]amllSrm\1.cz S:ten"cr'.op:y,.rud oc~ of ~hp. utlk~'l,~ pJ'[We1"l'.z11~ gwns with ~ ~n~' ..uel'l.Uv !Jl~HZiH"; hty-.l.~io.'g".. ~\..fr . r.::lk-~t'lf5"}j ilTJJnl:~djal~ly .i.dl'!ntifi{'>d dw IML TUL)j; h~ -4~ t."'f'.z..·l"L;''''IT-gmDl r his. Un.j&gr(llIDfh.-rLli'k~nQP,iiUd:pr~ to t.:-ll Mr ~ls.tun€wsb more ~Qi::.lt th.2>: o['~·ni$~ttio.'l'l;~f. tb.$ }}?xticnla,! -an:noU'Ty. . .In 194 J • after TIl_~..uVtM¥l1i{s. .d~ the :tiffit p;ilt of the l\~. W:ch."lJflJ1;tE b.Ej~ "_-j' in [~~;al1h~. Mr fak~~ho\Il;Tsti JR kd:~~ th$Ar-.,r.i. '1~.:ia~Jwd b tF\~·dJe· Polis ~iHo~e?trm~r, tlt~~ t~.in:l£y F....~k:.ed :.... t;:ullhi'tlji f>·r::n Pnlish ~~fj.l nenl-i !l~ij.~ ~.iin1. fUlfl ~d· obL:rin{,l anew id'e~1 ,'8,$ "'S~eW---l't ~ Gu'l:~}' imri a u.oUalruJ1"(!; ·'~fir~.H~ li.\-$ihttsUet1 a'~~o4it;g ~hopilitlw gn;)Unii tt:--~~~ ~~&~!i{MWi,-n--

Iakubews lei three

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rlrillins audlofT.l"l.autm of the

I\tfuik.iel--vlcz 81 6 Jagictlk)[~ka

Street ·,spJ?if!~& ~~'e-1l.1made In a \'·"'r-·k!.hup on fj , L:<1f(ller f Chlodua m1:d Zetazna Sf n' ; J...~J. the illl o

,,~g:1'noo~

Rvvaj Castle •... Br¥:sfwp·, ~.~rl'-:'I .J.!~ fuliu'llVS " at Jii.h' Trabetfs:kic1::.!'ImiLt.: ',+i;-:_ ..1 on T-wan

Sb8('~ : ,h~j" uUin •.. f'":dL"Y~' ~.. 'tU was dt.'rf

~sary weIdiug,

. psrtme ..ts ttl empt) ·a.~tylenID t05 nk.!, • ' T}iefust 4~ ~'/LIDS produced w-» r; w~t~nrAd ill fu,I:'@',$,t n~ the !:oWl) of Pustelaik, and lerer.w if.lR..dIi 'l?pmmd mnge ""lfl,S c.re.a.ted in tne basement undert' JIDylil 'CastLe wOl:kshup, b:~ 194;4/ afmr an. ,estimatuu 1 i.SO ~{l:.l1J!j 1101td 31 maga.zine-s h!td been manufaulurad, "S:z<cll} .... had. ~hut UO\I\rt1the l.wyal Castlr. oIga_'1isaliqIl!. due t.t btll.rayal. and _p:l'oductitOll WI~:;r.tr~vetresumed, l1:lls oocourr! 'WiHI accidenlal1y ',1(:1 ilte-d VII M~j 1?94.. 0,1 the 50th ;:!innivetsaty of tl'l.e W.:ll·.f;1il.WU_[l(

~'!.1Ii1Spatlt)l7-llHd o J~'.t', 1:0 , • T1. ~Hll:,,:j m Street: thecpmifi and Clli-~e'l-m:.leiJ~(f'fti,ua:.l,'iug U'an pDl'tA;d rl!:(1IQng the. ~O-Wl1hptf'at(jf!' t h".;j.;il'1! CQ~

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"OLlr'bteak
~16t 1, I~94;. lim 50th. <enni'l..~rs.tI1[y '01 Il:w of I.h~ ~r~~·w· U~ri.si:ng, 'lht£ marble ,bJlaquawas jnsiillled.at ~1,~~"R1 C:lsllu .in Warsa V':. to comme'J1~()rirle

jll~,

Heuryk nutl;.i;(:;·ivic.z~ fu~m lh'ing In A:ust dl to Pf)ihud for.a ,ris~L During. a tour of t

Polish 4m~~MI:l~mn

Z·1f.t,On

the Undeq,;.romrd 5trn~ production pl~ll W:ldch ex.Isl.ed thf'".fB d.urim.g 1943 ood, J~J4.q. . .' . NI lie the· niilni~ Q{ St'l3'folW- J~tbQ't\'skf, todeuanwd "Wi',. SlW. two ot.hm-At:: soldiers i,d·enlffi.ed only b\i Ihm.r . lhl:!enames. "!~h:ary'" and "-Pilot", phOhl _by M::a:ch.~} skacr.&i1

he had helped produce in an 'Under-gJ'Ound armm 011 Gtor.1wws·M Street, 1ocffili,ng that the$J3 nr:d m made in: to--6perntioo·,vith agroup workiug out.ofl RDyal CMtie, ~ Mats~e\v~\.;;i than had the ple1W! of N'!nniti:ng the:.~e two men, Stdtlll.1 Jahu..kowsky ~ ~k Dutkiewicz, who bad bc~an in"-<lJ"hfffd ill ~ guns dwiug the wal', and mtn.es!:illgthBir m.g inM;y year$, ..

he asked about .the Stell ill

{;n~-gro.und producnnn of clandestine :PQl~h:5· first m:

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