The Warsaw Uprising
On 1 August 1944, resistance fighters in the Polish capital rose up against German forces
Witness History: Archive 2014 · BBC World Service
August 1, 20148m 56s
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Show Notes
On 1 August 1944, resistance fighters in the Polish capital rose up against German occupying forces. The uprising lasted for 63 days and some 200,000 people were killed - the city itself was largely destroyed. Zbigniew Pelczynski was one of the young Poles fighting to free Warsaw from the Nazis.
(Photo: Zbigniew Pelczynski in 1946)