#OTD in 1945 #Auschwitz, the largest Nazi German concentration camp, was liberated by the Soviet troops. Our thoughts go to all who were imprisoned and killed there. Let us never forget that 13,000 Poles were deported straight into this hell-on-earth after the outbreak of the #WarsawRising and so many inhabitants of Warsaw had been there before…
Listen to one of the survivors - B. Wojnarowska-Gautier: https://youtube.com/watch?v=74nhqGs3Zp4
#Auschwitz80
"The #WarsawRising is in the 🇵🇱DNA. We know the history of Germany very well because we learn it at school but unfortunately the Polish history is not well known in Germany. That is why, we want Germans to get to know about the things, such as the Warsaw Rising, that are most important for us. Without the understanding of the Rising, it is difficult to understand the history of Poland", said Rafał Trzaskowski, Mayor of Warsaw.
The exhibition on the #WarsawRising1944 was opened in Düsseldorf and may be visited till 30 March 2025 at the Gerhart Hauptmann Haus.
#ThereWasACity #WW2
“To understand Polish identity it is very important, I would even say, it is necessary, to know about the #WarsawUprising, because when it comes to the relations to the Russians as well as to the Germans, you need to know about these events in 1944. That was the time when the Polish identity was shaped”, said Nathanael Liminski, 🇩🇪Head of the State Chancellery of North Rhine-Westphalia and Minister for Federal, European and International Affairs and the Media.
📍The exhibition at the Gerhart-Hauptmann-Haus in Düsseldorf will be open for visitors till 31 March 2025.
“It is an incredible display of, on the one hand, German atrocities in Poland and in Warsaw in particular, and on the other hand, a documentary of Polish heroism and a great document of resilience and great will for freedom and democracy. It is an impressive exhibition and I hope many people will see it in Germany”, underlined Stephan Keller, the Mayor of Düsseldorf, where the exhibition on the #WarsawRising1944 was opened for visitors at the Gerhart-Hauptmann-Haus.
ℹ️ https://www.g-h-h.de/veranstaltung/ausstellung-der-warschauer-aufstand-1944
In Memoriam
There were many #WarsawRising1944 veterans who passed away this year. May they rest in peace 🙏
Their powerful voices will be heard forever and we will preserve their legacy 🇵🇱💗
(video transcript below):
"We were all together in it. We cared for each other. We shared bread with one another. These are my best memories of the Warsaw Rising… I can’t forget about it all. It’s still deep in my mind… I am simply proud of myself that I was a part of ‘It’… I would go and fight, even today. Even at my age, and I’m 80 now!... Though I suffered so much, I was convinced it was worthwhile... They would say: - ‘Oh, you’ve chosen easy part! - And tell us, who will help your old parents to rebuild it all and bring it back to life? … The Rising will stay in the human memory. And that’s what matters. This feeling that we belong to a nation that cannot be subjugated. And this is of utmost importance."
#ThereWasACity #WW2
#allsaintsday
▪️ Terror und Völkermord in Warschau ▪️
‘Third Reich towards the #WarsawRising’ Conference paper in 🇩🇪 ‘The terror and genocide in Warsaw’ by Daniel Brewing, PhD (Aachen University).
▶️Polish translation available here: https://youtu.be/p2G-J8J9Al8?si=swZNnQ2ihNzFRSDm&t=440
🔊 Heinrich Himmler: ”Geschichtlich gesehen ist es ein Segen, dass die Polen das machen. Über die fünf, sechs Wochen kommen wir hier weg. Dann aber ist Warschau, die Hauptstadt, der Kopf, die Intelligenz dieses ehemaligen 16-17- Millionenvolkes ausgelöscht, dieses Volkes, das uns seit 700 Jahren den Osten blockiert und uns seit der ersten Schlacht bei Tannenberg im Wege liegt. Dann wird das polnische Problem für unsere Kinder und für alle, die nach uns kommen, ja schon für uns kein großes Problem mehr sein. Außerdem habe ich gleichzeitig den Befehl gegeben, dass Warschau restlos zerstört wird.”
#WW2 #2WeltKrieg #ThereWasACity
▪️ Fremde Heere Ost: Hitlers militärische Feindaufklärung ▪️
🇩🇪Magnus Pahl lecture: ‘Fremde Heere Ost: The instrumentalisation of the Warsaw Rising by German Military Intelligence’ at the Conference ‘Third Reich towards the Warsaw Rising’
that was organized by the Warsaw Rising Museum.
▶️Polish translation available here: https://youtu.be/absfZh_a7cQ?si=7euG1vCrmhgKWObi&t=2587
Polnisches Institut Düsseldorf Polnische Botschaft in Österreich Polnisches Institut Berlin Polnisches Institut Wien
On 2 October 1944 the #WarsawRising ended. After 63 days those who survived intense fighting and heavy bombing had to leave WARSAW. Most of them would never return. Soldiers were deported to German POW camps and 650,000 civilians were sent into the Unknown (forced labour, concentration camps, relocated in the Third Reich). The WARSAW they knew, ceased to exist. The Soviets remained on the other side of the Vistula river, as if nothing happened.
We will never forget.
#ThereWasACity
The video presents a collection of photographs taken by Germans when WARSAW saw its final days. Follow us to learn more!
Day 5️⃣3️⃣ of the #WarsawRising1944🇵🇱
Today in Warsaw it was a beautiful and sunny day and back in 1944 the Insurgents kept fighting at the barricades. Give it some thought.
🎧 Listen to the new episode by Warsaw Uprising Day by Day Podcast!