Warsaw Uprising

August 24, 2024
Why young people fought in the Warsaw Uprising

Why the people of Warsaw were ready to risk their lives in the August 1944 Uprising against German occupation?  To answer this we must first look at the youngest members....

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July 31, 2021
Warsaw Uprising: Why I stand to attention at 17.00 on 1 August

"Stańcie do Apelu” - "stand for the roll call" always sends a shiver through my spine. The silence just before a soldier or scout reads this at 17.00 on the...

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August 23, 2019
Wola, Warszawa, echoes of a population destroyed

I first saw the sky high grey concrete communist blocks in the district of Wola to the west of Warszawa’s centre as a child. My second aunt and uncle lived...

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