Postcards of the Past
Warsaw
Warsaw is of course the capital city of Poland and is its largest city and the
nation’s economic, cultural and educational hub. Situated in  Mazowieckie
province, in east-central Poland, the city spans the Wisla (Vistula) River.
By the end of World War II, roughly 85% of the city lay in ruins and most of
the population had been killed, deported or sent to concentration camps.
More than a third of Warsaw’s pre-war population was Jewish, although
there are hardly any traces of this heritage remaining, as the city’s
prosperous Jewish community was decimated by the end of the war. Much
of Warsaw’s historic centre was painstakingly recreated in the years after
World War II, in a move by the communist authorities which surprised the
citizens of the city as it much as it did the West. The postcards on this
website are historically important as they show buildings which either no
longer exist or which were recreated after the war.
Old Postcard, Warsaw, Faubourg de Cracow
The Faubourg de Cracow.
Warsaw, Copernicus Monument
Warsaw, King Sigismund Monument
The King Sigismund Monument.
The Copernicus Monument.
Warsaw, Old City Market
Warsaw, Grand Theatre
Part of the Old City.
The Grand Theatre.
Warsaw, Iron Bridge
Warsaw, Iron Bridge
Two postcards of the Iron Bridge.
Warsaw, Nowy Zjazd Street
Nowy Zjazd Street - what is happening here ? is this a street market ?
Krasinski Place
Warsaw, St Anna's Church
St Anna's Church.
Krasinski Place.
Warsaw, Vilanow Castle
Vilanow Castle.
Summer Theatre, Lazienkj Park
The Summer Theatre at Lazienkj Park.
Warsaw, Royal castle
The former Royal castle. This building was totally destroyed during WW2 and
has since been rebuilt.
Saxe Gardens
Warsaw Town Hall
Warsaw Town Hall.
The Saxe Gardens.
Warsaw, Vintage Postcard
Ul. Marszalkowska.
Hotel Bristol, Warsaw
An excellent postcard of the Hotel Bristol in Warsaw.
Royal Palace
The Royal Palace.
Teatr Wielki
The Teatr Wielki.
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University Library
The University Library.
Krak.Przedmiescie.

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Warsaw 1915
A postcard showing the destruction of the  Poniatowski Bridge. David Brown has
told us that the bridge was destroyed in both World Wars, and that this postcard
shows the damage inflicted in 1915. Thanks David !
Warsaw, Petersburski Station
Petersburski Station.
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Did You Know........that Marie Curie the physicist
and chemist who was awarded two Nobel prizes,
was born in Warsaw in 1867 ?
Reproductions of postcards with a (Z) following the description may be purchased at Zazzle - click on the (Z). If there is a postcard on this page that you would like, please email us and we'll arrange for it to be available on Zazzle, provided of course that the image is of good enough quality to reproduce satisfactorily. Please sign our Guest Book - see below. Do you have some old postcards of Warsaw - or anywhere in Poland - that you would like to see on these pages ? If so, please email us some good quality scans and we'll do the rest. Thanks !