Polish Security Printing Works

Surviving Warsaw Uprising insurgents honoured in series of moving posters by contemporary artist Wojciech Korkuć

United by the slogan ‘Honour and Glory to the Heroes’ the series is divided into two types of posters - one depicting colourised photos showing scenes from 78 years ago, while the second group are portraits of living insurgents holding their own wartime photographs. Wojciech Korkuć

United by the slogan ‘Honour and Glory to the Heroes’ the series is divided into two types of posters - one depicting colourised photos showing scenes from 78 years ago, while the second group are portraits of living insurgents holding their own wartime photographs.

Beautiful limited edition 19zł banknote issued to commemorate 100 years of Polish Security Printing Works

The note, of which only 55,000 have been printed0 and which costs 85zł, is adorned with the face of the Prime Minister of the day Ignacy Jan Paderewski.

Guatemalan banknotes to be produced in Poland

The Polish Security Printing Works (PWPW) have signed a contract with Banco de Guatemala for the production of five and 10 quetzales banknotes. Production will start this year, the company announced.

Polish couple who hid Jewish girl during WWII honoured for their bravery

The First News attends ‘double moving’ ceremony at the Polish Security Printing Works (PWPW) in honour of former employees Czesław and Helena Lech who were awarded the Righteous Among Nations medal. The event also remembered the 74th anniversary of the taking and defence of the strategically-placed PWPW building.

‘63 days of Extraordinary Courage 1944’ – The Polish Security Printing Works

Episode 2 in a series of short videos about the Warsaw Uprising sees British Vlogger Patrick Ney at the building of the Polish Security Printing Works (PWPW) in Warsaw, which played a key role in preventing the Germans from accessing the Old Town.

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