They were the largest group of the people participating in the Warsaw Uprising. And the only one not involved in decision to rise. Before war, Warsaw had population of 1,300,000, and the city was the seventh largest of Europe. In March 1945, after the Germans evacuated, only 310,000 were left. From the vibrant city the …
They were young, desperate, and had seen enough of German savagery. They wanted to be free and wanted to avenge unspeakable brutality of the invaders. They knew they could die, but also knew there are worse things than death. But the youths of Warsaw weren’t the only players in this crucial moment of the Polish …
Museum of Warsaw Uprising is a chilling evidence of the atrocity of dying Nazi experiment. Being beaten on both fronts, the Germans unloaded their rage on essentially defenseless population of the Polish capital. Their destruction of Warsaw was symbolic and reminds me of the epic razing of Carthage by the Romans after the Third …
“Why in the world did you fight the Germans in Warsaw Uprising?” A good friend of mine shook his head. There was more than a question in his demeanor. I sensed a tone of disapproval. “Were you out of your mind?” He was Hungarian and left his native country during 1956 upheaval. The Hungarians and …
8o years ago our neighbors decided to change the course of Polish history. Nazis invaded us from the West and Soviets from the East. Once again, as it did through the centuries, our country had to defend its identity, culture, heritage and its territory. The brutality of the invading forces was unspeakable and the extermination …
The movie “The Enigma Secret”, which came out in 1979, presented Polish version of the events, and never achieved the publicity, as its British counterpart “The Imitation Game”, which appeared in 2014. Not unlike the Polish soldiers’ contribution to the final results of WW2. Having sustained the most casualties (after Russia) and having the fourth …
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Seventy-two years ago, September 1st Warsaw exploded. Two, may be three generations past. How many people still remember it? How many of them, who saw it with their own eyes are still alive? And when our city erupted, there were only few not afflicted by these events. Biblical scene of David fighting Goliath always fascinated …