Though Napoleonic warfare is usually associated with guns and cannons, edged weapons still played an important role on the battlefield. Swords and sabers could dominate battles and this was certainly the case in the hands of experienced cavalrymen. In contrast to gunshot wounds, wounds caused by the saber could be treated quite easily and caused fewer casualties. In 18th and 19th century France, not only manuals about the use of foil and epee were published, but also some important works on the military saber: de Saint Martin, Alexandre Muller… The saber was not only used in individual fights against the enemy, but also as a duelling weapon in the French army.
In the years 1947-1949, in the warehouses of the Municipal Archives in Jelenia Góra, the local District Court deposited and sealed works of art from the Czocha Castle, confiscated from looters. This paralyzed some of the Archive’s work and also threatened the security of the archives locked together with the museum items. Efforts to recover these warehouses continued for over two years, supported by the State Archives in Wrocław. The documents presented in the article show the joint activities of the state and municipal archives undertaken to preserve the archival heritage of Lower Silesia and the methods of their mutual communication.
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W latach 1947–1949 w magazynach Archiwum Miejskiego w Jeleniej Górze miejscowy Sąd Okręgowy zdeponował i zaplombował dzieła sztuki z zamku Czocha, zarekwirowane szabrownikom. Sparaliżowało to część prac archiwum, jak również zagrażało bezpieczeństwu zamkniętym wraz z muzealiami archiwaliom. Przez ponad dwa lata trwały wysiłki zmierzające do odzyskania tych magazynów, wspierane przez Archiwum Państwowe we Wrocławiu. Przedstawione w artykule dokumenty ukazują wspólne działania archiwów państwowego i miejskiego, podjęte dla zachowania dziedzictwa archiwalnego Dolnego Śląska oraz sposoby ich wzajemnej komunikacji.
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