Occupied Europe / Poland / Warsaw Uprising
The Insurgents
1 August - 2 October 1944
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A woman handing cigarettes to a group of insurgents surrounding her. The company sign visible in the background is of a firm owned by Seweryn Staniszewski seated on Jasna 13-15. First days of the Rising.
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Unknown insurgent during the uprising.
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21-year-old Polish fighter Zbigniew Knotowski, wearing a captured German helmet, who was killed during the Uprising.
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Jubilant insurgents overcome by joy after they capture a German stronghold in the Police Headquarters complex and the Holy Cross Church on 23 August 1944
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Insurgent Wiesław Chrzanowski with a captured MP-40 machine gun, resting in front of a fireplace, during a rare moment of peace.
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Wounded Cpl. Julita Cyrus-Sobolewska (codename “Lidka”), a soldier from “Grażyna” Company of “Harnaś” Group on Świętokrzyska.
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Fighters from the Anna Battalion on Dąbrowskiego Square.
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After the war, Witold Kieżun, pictured here at the age of 22, became a professor and internationally recognised economist.
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Polish insurgents using a variety of captured equipment
Sources:
Wikipedia
Mikołaj Kaczmarek/Warsaw Rising Museum