Objects

Andrzej Kramsztyk’s law firm was located on 3 Gabriel Piotr Boduen Street in Warsaw. Today, the Supreme Administrative Court is located there. The apartment of the Kramsztyk family of three was located in the same building. As World War II broke out, Andrzej decided he "would not be locked in a ghetto". The family survived the entire period of occupation hiding in the nearby towns and villages. In the face of war, Andrzej thought not only about his family’s safety. He also managed to successfully secure their property. Before leaving Warsaw, he even unscrewed the small plate from his office’s door. It survived to this day and after many years was donated to the POLIN Museum. Movable assets taken from Warsaw were secured by the family, probably for a fee, at a farmer’s house in the village of Kobyłka.

The small, rectangular plate made of sheet metal was painted with ecru paint; the black writing is in majuscule on it, letters in two rows; The letters in the upper row a bit smaller than the ones below. Along the plate’s edges, is a thin, black line, creating a frame for the writing. There are holes through which the plate was screwed to the door on both sides near the centre of its edges.

Marta Frączkiewicz