Rev. John Lewinsky - Photo with the Distinctorium - Order of the Canon.

Photograph of Priest Jan Lewinsky ("Jan Lewinsky, the legendary priest from Vinnitsa who received Marshal Pilsudski") :

Biography Quote :

" Fearing repression due to his patriotic activities, Jan Lewinski first saved himself by fleeing to Poland in June 1920. However, he returned to his parishioners on December 8 of the same year. He was a support not only for the laity, but also for priests, who faced a campaign to persuade them to abandon their faith. Repeatedly interrogated and arrested, in 1930 he was charged with counter-revolutionary activities and sentenced to be shot. This sentence was changed to 10 years in the camps. He survived by exchanging convicts for communist spies and returned to Poland.

Portrait in a cassock and with the Distinctorium - Order of the Canon Photograph on postcard paper.

Signed on the back " Rev. Jan Lewinski 1947".

Given as a souvenir by "Witek" - Dzidzi - Stella Brzeska.

Format approx. 8.5 x 12.5 cm