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On our arrival here at The Warsaw Monument to the Uprising, we were both overcome by emmotions. It took some time pondering this magnificent collection of statues grouped together telling of the great heros struggle to defend their beloved city and their subsequent escape decending into the sewar system. The Monument was unvieled on the 1st. August 1989 and is placed in the square where the original sewar system was. .The Statues stand as if protected and guarded by the Supreme Court of Justice. The Warsaw Uprising Monument was long expected and long awaited by the People of Warsaw and indeed Poland. Leave a Comment
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 Warsaw Uprising Monument by HORSCHECKLeave a Comment Directions: The Warsaw Uprising Monument is located on the site of the former national theatre in a corner of Plac Krasinskich.Website: http://www.warsawuprising.com/
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 The Warsaw Uprising Monument by PolishChick
"This week and this weekend I've watched many history programs about D-Day and the invasion at Normandy. And so France and Paris was liberated. A joyous occasion.
But tonight I stayed up late to watch the story of the Warsaw uprising. In the ghetto, in Old Town, in the centre. Nothing I've ever seen is as tragic. Yet nothing I have ever seen is more heroic. It was as heroic in Warsaw as it was simultaneously at Normandy. Your people, your ancestors, your grandparents were victims of every imaginable brutality and then victims of war politics between the Western Allies and Stalin. Caught in the middle, caught in the crossfire. 9000 people died at Normandy. 200,000 died in Warsaw- as the Russian army watched. Your people, your ancestors, your grandparents were courageous beyond belief. When I was in Warsaw, I felt such a sincere kindness from people. Suffering breeds character. Extreme suffering breeds Godlinesss.
I saw your city again on television tonight - the memorials we saw together, the Old Town we visited. I was so touched to have you personally show me your city. Your city and your people make me feel so humble. I think I am a blessed person to have met you Dorota, and to learn more about your people."
Thank you Jim. I`m honord to have met you and to continue knowing you. You`re one of the best teachers I`ve ever had and I`m so glad I can be your friend now. Till I see you again! Leave a Comment
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The insurgents and civilians (some Jewish members included) suffered from famine and the lack of effective help from the rest of the world. Airdrops of supplies and food were not enough to sustain the Poles' growing hunger, depression, hopelessness and solitude. Waiting for Soviet support was in vain. The area defended by insurgents grew smaller each day. Capitulation was imminent.
More than 18 thousand insurgents and 180 thousand civilians died in the uprising. Survivors were sent to concentration camps or deported to Germany to forced labor camps. The Germans carried out their long planned action of destroying Warsaw. Bombing continued for days and days until the city was reduced to ashes. The hopes for Poland's independance had been ruled out at the Yalta Conference by the USA, Soviet Union and Great Britain.
Following the war and Soviet occupation, Poles were not allowed to recognize, memorialize or acknowledge the events of those days. Communist authorities spread propaganda to erase the Rising from social memory. Some insurgents were arrested and put in the same cells as German war criminals.
Finally after years of suppression and the fall of the Soviet Union, the people of Poland can tell their story and recognize the insurgents for their bravery and sacrifice. The new Uprising Museum tells the story very well.
When visiting Warsaw... go to the museum. It's a well designed, thoroughly modern, interactive museum which tells a long over-due story.
More of the story and many pics in my Travelogue
Uprising Museum Travelogue Leave a Comment Address: ul. Grzybowska 70 . 00-844Phone: (+48) 022 539 79 33Directions: Just about any taxi driver in town will know exactly where the museum is. This is a very important museum to the people of Warsaw.
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 One of the brave young men by PolishChick
On August 1, the Polish Home Army General Bor-Komorovski, with a force of between thirty-five and fifty thousand partisans, attacked the Germans in Warsaw. Joined in the fight by the city's Polish population, they took control of most of the city by August 4. But the Nazis sent reinforcements: S.S. police units, a brigade of Russian ex-prisoners, and a brigade of ex-convicts, all of whom Hitler had previously ordered removed from the front because of their excessive brutality. The Polish forces became fragmented and isolated. The Germans pursued the cut-off fighters into the city's refuges--burned out buildings, and sewers--where virtually all the Polish forces perished.
During the sixty-three days of fighting the Red Army, encamped within sight across the Vistula, never attempted assistance. The Soviets refused permission to the Americans and British to use their airfields to drop ammunition and relief supplies. In September, when a German victory seemed certain, the Russians allowed a small amount of ammunition to be dropped in, but it was useless: it was made for Soviet armaments and did not fit the Poles' weapons.
When hostilities ceased, eighty-five percent of the city was razed, and the Polish Home Army annihilated . The Germans deported the remaining population. When the Nazis were eventually defeated there were no forces left to oppose Soviet political domination in Poland. Leave a Comment
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 Monument to the Warsaw
Uprising by evaannaLeave a Comment Address: Plac Krasinskich
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 Wall of remembrance by Tripack
At the entrance, I receive an interesting and well documented booklet in my native language (French) free of charge. It is availbale in many others languages.
Since you get in, immediately you feel in an heavy and respectful atmosphere with the vibration and noise of heart's beats. Then sounds of machine gun shots and Stukky dive bombers are played over the speakers. Through the Museum, interactive displays, photographs, video footage are numerous and you will learn more about the darkest period of Warsaw's history.
The photo show you the outside Wall of remebrance with the names of 4'000 casualities.
Open 10:00 - 18:00, closed Mon, Tue.
Admission: only PLN 4 Leave a Comment
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