Krybar. Uniwersytet w cieniu powstańczych walk

The album publication is a tribute to the soldiers from “Krybar” group, who fought in Powiśle during the Warsaw Uprising, trying to recapture the Warsaw University campus. Despite numerous efforts, the insurgents were not able to repel the Germans from the university. The former soldiers of “Krybar” describe their life during the uprising “in the shadow of the university fortress” and talk about their war fates. The book includes nearly one hundred quotations from their memoirs and unique photographs taken by one of “Krybar” soldiers, captain Stanisław Kopf “Malarz”.

The book received the Klio prize in Varsaviana category!

Keywords: Warsaw Uprising, “Krybar” Battle Group, Warsaw University fighting, insurgents in Powiśle, insurgents; memoirs, uprising photographs.

PhD Robert Gawkowski (ur. 1962) – doctor of history, graduate of the University of Warsaw. Currently, he works at the Museum of the University of Warsaw. Lecturer at the College of Resocialization Pedagogy and the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw. He has published several books and dozens of research papers.