The history of Warsaw is inextricably linked with the Second World War. It hit her and changed her beyond recognition. It first became part of the Third Reich. Later, a ghetto arose in it, in which a Jewish uprising broke out. Finally, all the inhabitants of the city rose up against the occupiers.
This part of the city's history can be best learned in the Museum of the Warsaw Uprising. This is where our steps are headed.
From the outside, the inconspicuous building hides a piece of history in its bowels. I must admit that I thought that this museum would be like a classic museum with exhibits, maybe a guide and nothing more. Wrong! As a history lover, I have come up with my own. Upon entering, we received an audio guide who, in addition to Polish, English, German, also spoke my native language, Slovak. There are numbers in the individual sections of the museum, which if you enter them into your audio player, you will learn all about the exhibits and not just that. I was very pleasantly surprised, because the audio guide informed us in an interesting way about every day of the Warsaw Uprising. He described how it unleashed, the success of Armia Krajov, its activities and the subsequent retaliation of the German Wehrmacht and the destruction of the city.
In this photo, there are Slovaks who fought alongside the Polish army in the uprising. The Slovaks, of which I am proud, formed the largest foreign group of insurgents.
The Germans also tried to suppress the uprising with the help of foreign armies. One of them was the Hungarian army. However, the war was coming to an end and Hungarian soldiers were not interested in killing the insurgents, and it was common that even if they caught some, they did not execute them as ordered by Hitler, but released them instead.
Due to a lack of weapons, ammunition and exhaustion, despite great efforts, the insurgents had to give up. It was a pity, because the other bank of the Vistula River was already occupied by the Red Army.
In this post, I focused more on specific events and history than on travel. But I had to share a unique experience with you.
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