Post by Bonobo on Mar 5, 2017 10:28:07 GMT 1
A fascinating story which deserves making a historical thriller.
Read the story here:
www.nbp.pl/en/publikacje/bankoteka/Bankoteka_4_September_2014_internet.pdf
Seventy-five years ago in the days following the outbreak of World War II, the evacuation of Bank Polski SA's resources was organised, along with those of all its branches in the country. The bank vaults were emptied on the night of 4 and 5 September 1939. All the gold bullion – weighing approximately 80 tonnes – along with the assets, banknotes and banknote plates set off on a dramatic, years-long odyssey around Europe and the world. The first country where the gold received a friendly welcome was Romania. From there, the resources of the central bank travelled to Turkey, then French North Africa, France, and French West Africa, to finally reach New York, London and Ottawa.
It is precisely “The wartime fate of the Polish gold” that is the subject of the exhibition prepared by the Education and Publishing Department of NBP. The exhibition has been prepared in cooperation with Professor Wojciech Rojek, historian from the Jagiellonian University. It is a collection
of unique documents and photographs embedded in unusual scenery, and is an attempt to capture this dynamic action with the help of a comic book style. The latest issue of the magazine “Bankoteka” is a special issue accompanying the exhibition. In its pages you will find eyewitness accounts of the evacuation of the Polish central bank’s reserves. Among these accounts are colourful stories – full of challenges and danger – seen through the eyes of the children of bank officials who participated in the operation, as well
as memoirs written down by the grandchild of one of the bank’s employees. Readers will also learn that the driver of one of the vehicles transporting the gold was the pre-war Olympic champion, Halina Konopacka.
This issue of “Bankoteka” also contains information about the importance of gold in contemporary monetary systems. Donald Malicki, Director of the NBP Foreign Exchange Department, gives an interesting explanation of this.
It is our pleasure to invite you to the exhibition and to read the latest issue
of “Bankoteka”
Read the story here:
www.nbp.pl/en/publikacje/bankoteka/Bankoteka_4_September_2014_internet.pdf
Seventy-five years ago in the days following the outbreak of World War II, the evacuation of Bank Polski SA's resources was organised, along with those of all its branches in the country. The bank vaults were emptied on the night of 4 and 5 September 1939. All the gold bullion – weighing approximately 80 tonnes – along with the assets, banknotes and banknote plates set off on a dramatic, years-long odyssey around Europe and the world. The first country where the gold received a friendly welcome was Romania. From there, the resources of the central bank travelled to Turkey, then French North Africa, France, and French West Africa, to finally reach New York, London and Ottawa.
It is precisely “The wartime fate of the Polish gold” that is the subject of the exhibition prepared by the Education and Publishing Department of NBP. The exhibition has been prepared in cooperation with Professor Wojciech Rojek, historian from the Jagiellonian University. It is a collection
of unique documents and photographs embedded in unusual scenery, and is an attempt to capture this dynamic action with the help of a comic book style. The latest issue of the magazine “Bankoteka” is a special issue accompanying the exhibition. In its pages you will find eyewitness accounts of the evacuation of the Polish central bank’s reserves. Among these accounts are colourful stories – full of challenges and danger – seen through the eyes of the children of bank officials who participated in the operation, as well
as memoirs written down by the grandchild of one of the bank’s employees. Readers will also learn that the driver of one of the vehicles transporting the gold was the pre-war Olympic champion, Halina Konopacka.
This issue of “Bankoteka” also contains information about the importance of gold in contemporary monetary systems. Donald Malicki, Director of the NBP Foreign Exchange Department, gives an interesting explanation of this.
It is our pleasure to invite you to the exhibition and to read the latest issue
of “Bankoteka”