The Warsaw Uprising began on 1 August 1944. The landlord remembers – 01.08.201226.
Time “W” – codename of the day and time of the start of the “Burza” action in Warsaw (Warsaw Uprising), i.e. 5 p.m. on Tuesday 1 August 1944.
The letter ‘W’ meant ‘explosion’.
The Warsaw Uprising is simply a conflict and suffering. The suffering of innocent victims, murdered women, children, old people, those who simply wanted to last the terrible German business and the Warsaw Uprising – said president Karol Nawrocki.
By order of the commander of the Home Army, General Tadeusz Komorowski "Bora" the Warsaw uprising began on 1 August 1944 at 5 p.m., alleged "W". It was intended to liberate the capital from German business before the Red Army entered it. The National Army and the authorities of the Polish Underground State intended to uncover themselves and to present themselves to the Polish Committee of National Liberation (created in Lublin and dependent on Stalin's will) as the host (as the only legal power of independent Republic). The uprising, planned for a fewer days, fell on October 3 after 63 days of fighting. As a result, between 16,000 and 18,000 AK soldiers were killed and between 150,000 and 180,000 civilians were killed. After the surrender Warsaw was completely destroyed by the Germans. (https://archivem.ipn.gov.pl/en).
“The insurgents went to fight, knowing that they were going to die. They went to fight Poland in their hearts, with white-red armbands. arrogant and courageous, they didn't ask questions about the meaning of this heroic revelry. present we halt in awe at 5 p.m. on the streets of Polish cities, let us worship our Heroes! Long live free Poland," said president Karol Nawrocki.
"The Warsaw Uprising was a heroic gathering of Poles who showed the planet that the Polish Underground State and the National Army are active in the lands occupied by the Germans and Soviets – legal Polish Army faithful to the Government of Poland in exile. Warsaw was to be liberated by Poles before the Red Army entered. It was about impurity, sovereignty, the right to decide its own fate," wrote president Karol Nawrocki.
Nawrocki pointed out that the uprising was not only a fight against the German occupier, but besides a clear voice against Moscow's plans. "In view of the imposed change of borders and the submission of Poland to the russian sphere of influence. The uprising showed that Poles do not accept specified a scenario," he added.
On 1 August, at 5 p.m., residents of the city, local governments, MPs in the Polish Parliament, members of the GP Club Dz. II I. Lukasz Ciepliński, ORP, Lech Kaczyński Polish paper Club, patriotic communities and the Confederation's National Movement in Dzierżoniów met in front of the Memorial of the failure of the Homeland, to celebrate the memory of soldiers who fought in the Warsaw Uprising. In the program: start of the ceremony in front of the Memorial of the failure of Homeland, “W” hr – a minute of silence and commemoration of the Insurgents, welcome participants of the ceremony, performance of the national anthem, commemorative speeches, artistic program, laying down flowers and nativity, thanks for participating in the ceremony, singing the song “Warsaw children”.
“Elegia about the Polish boy”
And you came out bright, son, with black weapons in the night,
And you felt the sound of evil in minutes.
By the time you fell, you made it through the ground with your hand.
Was that a bullet, son, or was that heart broken?
They've separated you, my son, from your dreams, which they tremble like a butterfly
They embroidered you, son, sad eyes with red blood,
They painted landscapes in yellow paths of fire,
They sewed up the trees of the sea
And you came out, bright son, with black weapons in the night,
And you felt the sound of evil in minutes.
By the time you fell, you made it through the ground with your hand.
Was it a bullet, son, or was it a broken heart?
They taught you, son, your land by heart
erstwhile you cut her paths with iron tears.
They kept you in the dark, fed you a loaf of terror,
You went through the most embarrassing of human paths.
Written by Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński
Hello and glory to the Heroes!
Let us pray present for the Polish people, so that they do not forget their history...
It is essential to fight those who push the nation to fall and to detest – Ignacy Paderewski.
God bless Poland! Long live Poland!
Text and photos Kazimierz M. Janko
Photos by Krzysztof Bachinski
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