GRAFF ARCHIVE

The archive consists of a unique and important collection of material spanning a period before, during, and after the Second World War, relating to the experiences of the Graff family and their friends, colleagues and acquaintances, whose home, before the invasion by Germany and the Soviet Red Army in 1939, was the Lwów region of Poland.

As yet, there is no online search facility nor unlimited online access to documents and images. Indexing and translation are ongoing and far from complete. Some examples can be found on the downloads page.

Archive material, of which there is a lot, is at present broadly divided into twenty nine categories:

• PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM from Mieczysław and Łucja Graff.


• PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM from Eugeniusz Graff.


• PHOTOGRAPHS of the Polish army in Scotland during the Second World War and post-war years.


• PHOTOGRAPHS of Anders’ Army (Polish Armed Forces in the East), Persia, Iraq and Palestine.


• PHOTOGRAPHS of the Polish II Corps, Italy.


• PHOTOGRAPHS of Polish Armed Forces during internment in Sárvár, Hungary.


• PHOTOGRAPHS from Murnau POW camp, Germany.


• PHOTOGRAPHS AND DOCUMENTS regarding Polish pilot training in Poland and Great Britain.


• PHOTOGRAPHS of Polish family life in Scotland after the war.


• LETTERS between Leopold Graff and private individuals during and after the war.


• LETTERS between Graff family members during and after the war.


• LETTERS to and from Graff family members held in POW and forced labour camps.


• LETTERS between Graff family members and authorities, institutions and organisations.


• MILITARY DOCUMENTS from before the war, during the war and post-war years.


• DOCUMENTS from non-military authorities, institutions and organisations.


• MATERIAL regarding No. 1586 (Polish Special Duties) Flight.


• MATERIAL regarding the Chór Wojska Polskiego (Polish Army Choir).


• MATERIAL regarding the long road from Siberia, through the Middle East, to Great Britain.


• MATERIAL regarding the education of young Polish refugees in Palestine.


• MATERIAL AND PUBLICATIONS relating to faith.


• MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS AND NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS.


• TESTIMONIES AND RECOLLECTIONS of Graff family members.


• DIARIES AND CHRONICLES of Leopold Graff.


• POSTCARDS from the war years.


• BOOKS in Polish and English published during the war and post-war years.


• KEEPSAKES AND OTHER ITEMS.


• MAPS AND ATLASES from before and during the war.


• BIULETYN KOŁA SAMBORZAN 1982-1984, 1986-1991, 1996-2000, 2002.


• BIULYTYN KOŁA ŻOŁNIERZY 5-go KRESOWEGO BAONU C.K.M. 1967, 1975, 1984, 1993.