Stefan Bronisław Starzyński was a Polish statesman, economist, military officer and Mayor of Warsaw before and during the Siege of 1939.
Stefan Starzyński
Stefan Starzyński as a soldier of Polish Legions
Public proclamation of Stefan Starzyński as the Civilian Commissar of Warsaw 8.09.1939
Monument to Stefan Starzyński in Warsaw's Saxon Garden.
The siege of Warsaw in 1939 was fought between the Polish Warsaw Army garrisoned and entrenched in Warsaw and the invading German Army.
Burning Warsaw Royal Castle in September 1939. The air strikes caused by the Luftwaffe destroyed many significant monuments and structures.
Warsaw's downtown burning after an air raid by the Luftwaffe
Polish Army soldier holding last remaining part of destroyed German bomber Heinkel He 111 in Warsaw, September 1939.
Survivor of bombing of Warsaw, photographed by Julien Bryan