She took an old suitcase from the garbage. It was unbelievable what she found inside

Often we don’t even realize that we may have really valuable souvenirs at home. So instead of throwing away items that at first glance should be thrown into the trash, check carefully whether you are getting rid of unique historical specimens. One of the women recently discovered an old one lying among the garbage. It turned out to be very valuable.

The unusual find concealed a valuable treasure. It was taken care of by the Warsaw Uprising Museum

During the Warsaw Uprising, a suitcase came into their hands straight from the trash. It was found in Warsaw at Szymanowskiego Street. It turned out to be a really important souvenir that enriched the museum’s collections. This is a suitcase that belonged to Katarzyna Bojarska née Pietrusińska. A description was found inside, which indicates that the woman took her belongings in a suitcase during the Warsaw Uprising. There were also letters from 1943 and 1944 inside.

Magdalena Kubanek, who is the cause of all the confusion, also left a trace in the comments section. She was the one who found the suitcase and gave it to the Warsaw Uprising Museum. The woman commented in a comment that she was very happy that she would now be able to see the suitcase in a museum and not in a garbage bin.

What items are worth keeping? These things should be in a museum

On the occasion of this story, the Warsaw Uprising Museum appeals on its social media not to throw away similar items, but to hand them over to specialists. It is also worth not passing by indifferently objects that attract our attention and we think may be valuable. In a pinned comment to the entry about the found suitcase, the museum also shared a specific list of items that are worth reporting to them. What was on it?

• Photographs from the Warsaw Uprising;
• Photos of pre-war, occupation and post-war Warsaw;
• Objects, documents, diaries and pre-war or post-war souvenirs related to the inhabitants of Warsaw and participants of the Warsaw Uprising;
• German museum objects, photos, documents, as well as contemporary objects referring to the Warsaw Uprising.