red army was approaching the poles finally saw their chance on august 1st 1904 units from the polish home army and underground resistance launched their armed struggle to liberate warsaw from nazi occupation it was one of the largest such efforts of the war polish forces may have outnumbered germans around the capital but the germans had the poles outgunned the uprising strategy gambled on soviet support for the most part and never came they were also expecting soviet forces to free the city within days but they didn't historians still debate whether stalin intentionally delayed the red army's advance because the polish home army was anti-communist fighting lasted 63 days a bloody stalemate took hold but the germans made progress by early october polish forces negotiated their surrender. the toll on life and property was extreme tens of thousands of combatants and both sides were killed as well as hundreds of thousands of civilians many massacred by german forces during house to house combat . warsaw lay in ruins some of it destroyed in the fighting much of the rest as retribution after it end

red army was approaching the poles finally saw their chance on august 1st 1904 units from the polish home army and underground resistance launched their armed struggle to liberate warsaw from nazi occupation it was one of the largest such efforts of the war polish forces may have outnumbered germans around the capital but the germans had the poles outgunned the uprising strategy gambled on soviet support for the most part and never came they were also expecting soviet forces to free the city within days but they didn't historians still debate whether stalin intentionally delayed the red army's advance because the polish home army was anti-communist fighting lasted 63 days a bloody stalemate took hold but the germans made progress by early october polish forces negotiated their surrender. the toll on life and property was extreme tens of thousands of combatants on both sides were killed as well as hundreds of thousands of civilians many massacred by german forces during house to house combat . more salt lay in ruins some of it destroyed in the fighting much of the rest as retribution after it e

reporter: on august 1 1944, the polish home army spearheaded an underground war against occupying germanorces. after two months of fighting the nazis destroyed the entire city in an act of revenge. 200,000 old were killed -- polls were killed. the german foreign minister apologized directly. >> i am ashamed what was done in the name of germany and i also ashamed of the fact it was brushed under the carpet for far too long after the end of the war. reporter: the visit was not an easy one not only because of germany's historic guilt but because of the delicate nature of relations between germany and poland at the moment. berlin has criticized warsaw's reforms. the polish foreign minister opened reparation. >> they rebuilt the destroyed capital by themselves. that fact shows there is a far-reaching issue here and the reason why we don't consider the question of reparations as having been resolved. reporter: joint commemorations, but also a show of strength from poland's nationalist government. a general election is in four months' time. brett: dw correspondent olivia is in warsaw. we spoke

was on the way to school it was a secret school so i wasn't just set off by the underground polish home army. eats the skin off kind i was crossing the square and suddenly the germans showed up. some of the i was a raid they shoved me into a truck. and took us to the old school and yes in the street. they were going to deport us to germany i mean as a forced laborers. i cried my eyes and i'm sorry yes i was 14 years old and i was being sent to germany. i cried like a baby one of the germans took pity on me he brought me to another room and told me to stop crying he said they wouldn't take me away they'd make me a waitress at the gestapo canteen medicaid or the guest that gestapo. now you and then. knight but then my brother guys were just going to the home army. face so mom i have a i kept the aprons has a souvenir they're all faded. the tailor made them for me because you couldn't buy things like that anymore those who were the euro group says there's no trust that i should have that i've still got a few other items saying that you don't think that you know that it's going to be one of thes

just as strong as they were back then to some of your posts that i was on august 1st 1944 the polish home army spearheaded an underground war against the occupying german forces after 2 months of fighting the nazis destroyed almost the entire city in an act of revenge $200000.00 poles were killed and. germany's foreign minister heikal moss came to apologize. sherman mishra does it apply i am ashamed of what was done to your country by germans and in the name of germany shame image and i am also ashamed of the fact that it was brushed under the carpet for far too long after the end of the war warmest masses visit was not easy not only because of germany's historic guilt but also due to relations between germany and poland at the moment berlin has criticised warsaw its judicial reforms and poland has reopened the issue of wartime reparations its failure but are so old world of i holes rebuilt the destroyed capital by themselves. that shows that there is a more far reaching issue here and it's the reason why we did not consider the question of reparations as having been resolved. over time the co

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alexander and league you assure us lieutenant of the home army code name born 1916 murdered august 2nd 1905 by the polish date security piro. they're also mega actually it was august 6th they got the date wrong about their new. book i still can't believe the great example of just a little bit of sewing about it is they never told us where they buried him he just disappeared is that the file on him is close to my usual so you can't search for him we spent long days and nights at the cemetery so whenever they've buried someone my mother would take a look out to see if it was alec. that's right i never gave the body back to my sister that we don't know where they buried him. that year maybe here maybe there is all we can do is guess who. say they've got the fact of the matter is simple he's gone. let's face it it's just. so little switzerland. you see if. you want. to see. if. the international talk shows for journalists discuss the topic. shut up bracing for a political earthquake in 2 eastern states go to the polls just searching support for the right wing and amount to a litmus test for the federal gover

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