Uprising

Warsaw Air Bridge hero remembered: last British pilot to drop supplies to Uprising insurgents dies aged 95

Pictured in later life, Jim Auton flew two missions to Warsaw to resupply insurgents fighting in the Warsaw Uprising. The Polish ambassador to Great Britain described him as a “true friend of Poland” and a “brave and determined man”. Jim Auton Estate

Dubbed “a true friend of Poland” by the Polish ambassador in London, Jim Auton, a bomb aimer serving in 178 Squadron, took part in perilous missions to keep Polish combatants equipped during the ’44 Uprising.

Warsaw’s Wola district finds itself at a unique crossroads in time, says TFN’s Alex Webber

Still smudged and smeared in many parts, its richness of contrasts lend a distinct charm that sets the raw and rugged against the slick and futuristic. The atmosphere is heady.

Only Urbaniak can make Herbie Hancock play for Warsaw

Released to mark the 75th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising, Michał Urbaniak’s latest album corals some of the biggest names in the world of jazz.

Warsaw concentration camp liberation 75th anniversary marked

Flowers were laid on Monday at a plaque honouring Home Army (AK) soldiers fighting against German troops in the Warsaw Uprising, who liberated the Warsaw concentration camp Gesiowka and freed around 350 Jews on August 5,1944.

Fascinating history of Uprising plaques scattered across Warsaw and of the man who designed them

There are more than 200 of them and each bears the words: “A place sanctified by the blood of Poles killed for the freedom of their homeland”.

Poland’s ‘largest uprising’ EVER took place 153 years ago today

The failure of the insurrection brought an even tighter grip on Polish territory by Russia.

75th anniversary of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising outbreak commemorated

It was the Germans' intention and plan to destroy the Jewish nation, Polish President Andrzej Duda said in Warsaw on Thursday during state observances marking the 75th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

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