but one of the city’s most memorable is the Warsaw Uprising Monument. This 33-foot-tall bronze sculpture was created to commemorate the thousands of Poles who fought against Nazi Germany (which ...

But last month, a roll of film taken by a Warsaw firefighter during the uprising was discovered by his son. The developed pictures offer a previously unseen perspective on the Warsaw Ghetto ...

To gain a better understanding of how Poland gained independence, visit the Warsaw Uprising Museum. This attraction, which sits in a former tram power station in the Wola district, is home to ...

Jerzy Warman, 76, a Polish-born Jew participating in the non-governmental commemoration whose parents survived the Warsaw Ghetto, said the Polish government wants to turn the uprising ...

Here, we present profiles of ten photojournalists of the Warsaw Uprising and the stories behind their photographs. After all, it was all of Warsaw fighting – hence I was there on the barricades and in ...

A constant battleground, Warsaw saw two of the most striking rebellions: the Warsaw Uprising and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was the revolt of the last Jewish groups ...

It’s difficult to find an event in Polish history that is so often commemorated through sound and music as the Warsaw Uprising. Every 1 st August, at precisely 5 PM, the city of Warsaw stops in its ...