Jelenia Góra is a beautiful city with a rich and fascinating history. It is worth learning about its past and exploring the architecture of bygone years.
The photographs below show Bankowa Street, which before World War II was called Adolf Hitler Strasse and, until 1933, was known as Promenade.
The surviving photographs and postcards show us what the city looked like at the end of the 19th century and in the first half of the 20th century.
Sebastian Zielonka – historian and graduate of the University of Wrocław. Specialization: archival studies and conservation documentation. He is interested in the history of the region and the social life of Europeans in the 20th century. In his free time, he travels.