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One of two versions of a drawing depicting the death scene of Krystyna Krahelska, which was given a symbolic dimension. The drawing is based on the description from Hanna Krall's book "Sublokatorka" (Warsaw 2008). It is an example of a "beautiful", romantic death from a gunshot wound, amidst blooming sunflowers. "[...] And that is lightness: when one dies so beautifully, luminously [...]". It differs from drawing no. MPOLIN-M1226 primarily in its sketchiness and minor compositional changes. According to historical sources, Krystyna "Danuta" Krahelska – poet, author of the uprising song "Hej, chłopcy, bagnet na broń" (among others), scout, Home Army soldier and participant in the Warsaw Uprising – was severely wounded in the chest at the Mokotów Field in Warsaw on 1 August 1944, and died the following day as a result of her wounds in a field hospital. MBK