Polish World War II secret service documents make it home from France

The Polish Secret Service F2 network documents have been retrieved from France and will be placed in the State Archives. The documents were being kept secret by the son of Wincenty Rozwadowski "Pascal", the head of the spy network operating in France during 1940-1944. The materials, contained in 15 files are very rare as most of Poland's sensitive documents were destroyed by the British after World War II. Most of the documents returned are historical materials: monographs, memoirs, correspondence, organizational schemes and maps. The Polish secret service network in France was one of the most important working for the Allies. Before the end of the war it provided up to 800 pages a week of information about German V-1 and V-2 missiles and army movements. Over 70% of secret service reports received by the Allies came from the Polish spies. (Gazeta Wyborcza, Sept. 2-3, page 4)