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Memory of the World

UNESCO's programme aiming at preservation and dissemination of valuable archive holdings and library collections worldwide

Proposed Inscription
Archive of Warsaw Reconstruction Office
Documentary heritage submitted for inclusion in the Memory of the World Register in 2011.
Year of submission: 2010
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The reconstruction of Warsaw, the capital city of Poland, in the years 1945-1953, was an outstanding achievement by architects, conservators, artists and workers, and also a meaningful social phenomenon. As a result of the rebuilding, Warsaw, a city doomed to disappear and suffering programmed destruction for ideological and political reasons during the Nazi occupation, became the symbol of an "invincible city". The "Archive of Warsaw Reconstruction Office" ("BOS Archive") kept at the State Archives of the Capital City of Warsaw is a testimony of a nearly complete destruction of the city and its rebuilding. It also shows the significance of heritage for the shaping of social identity and creating a new meaning to monuments preservation.


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