Inscription
upper center Acme copyright stamp in black ink; upper right printed in black ink on applied label: ner 05695; by unknown hand, center left in blue ink perpendicular: A10820; lower left in blue ink perpendicular and underlined: Poland; lower center printed in purple ink on applied paper inverted: WARSAW POLES SURRENDER / RADIOED TO LONDON FROM A NEUTRAL SOURCE AND / JUST RECEIVED IN NEW YORK THIS PHOTO GRAPHICALLY / DEPICTS THE TRAGEDY AND SUFFERING OF THE / PEOPLE OF WARSAW WHEN THE PREMATURE UPRISING / BY THE RESISTANCE GROUP WAS QUELLED BY THE / NAZI HORDES. STARVED AND WAR-WEARY POLISH / PEOPLE ARE HERDED TOGETHER BEFORE REMOVAL BY / THE NAZIS AFTER FINAL SURRENDER. / FULL DJH / CREDIT LINE (ACME) 10/25/44 (RM)
Provenance
Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
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