Warsaw Pawiak Prison [10]
In Memory of Warsaw Pawiak Prison Inmates
Face value: 10 pln
Alloy: 999/1000 Ag
Diameter: 32 mm
Weight: 14.14 g
Finish: proof
Mintage: 10000 pcs
On the edge: smooth
Additional: selective gilding
Date of issue: 2024-08-21
Issue price: 230 pln
Designer: Grzegorz Pfeifer
Designer: Grzegorz Pfeifer
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Pawiak Prison – a symbol of the struggle for
independence of several generations of Poles –
functioned from 1835 to 1944. Its walls isolated
inmates, the vast majority of whom were political
prisoners who first took up arms against the Russian
invaders, and later – against the German occupiers.
The decision to build the institution was taken in 1829.
Construction lasted from 1830 to 1836 and the first
inmates were incarcerated there in 1835. The newly
erected building was located between Dzielna Street,
now defunct Więzienna Street, and Pawia Street, from
whose name the customary term “Pawiak” came to
apply to not only the building, but also to the entire
prison complex. In the 1880s, a need arose for a female
ward in Pawiak, for which ...