General information

Call No.:

300-1-8:7/46

Part of series

HU OSA 300-1-8 Records of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Research Institute: General Records: Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Public Affairs Photographic Files

Located at

Archival photo box #7 / No. 46

Digital ver. identifier

HU OSA 300-1-8_007-046

Legacy ID

rfe_workflow_3_046

Date

1953

Level

Item

Primary Type

Still image

Language

English

Notes

The black and white prints of RFE/RL were donated to OSA by the Hoover Institute, California in year 2015. The images are duplicates of those held at Hoover. The originals, and most probably the negatives are with the donor as well. OSA only received the paper prints with captions, and digitized the entire collection in year 2018.

Content

Form/Genre

Photograph

Contents Summary

Franciszek Jarecki was a pilot in the Polish Air Force, who fled Poland by a fighter plane in early 1953.
ORIGINAL CAPTION:
Lt. Jarecki goes into the details of his life story and flight to freedom for the benefit of the program editors of Radio Free Europe's voice of free Poland.

Context

Associated Names

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Copyright holder)

Associated Places

Munich

Subject / Coverage

Spatial Coverage

Munich

Germany

Collection Specific Tags

Cold War, Crusade for Freedom, Iron curtain, man, Military, monitoring, Radio broadcasting, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty