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Diary of the Warsaw Uprising
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Diary of the Warsaw Uprising
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What does this material present?An excerpt from the original diary of Emilia Koprowska (now Rejdych) from the first days of the Warsaw Uprising (from 1 to 23 August 1944) – written in pencil, on small pieces of paper (about 1/4 of a page from a notebook), with a total of 19 small pages. This part of the diary contains, among other things, a brief description of the events of Saturday, September 5: "We were very nervous from the morning. Unfortunately, a sad premonition came at 11.30 a.m. the German soldiers ordered us to move out of the house, we took our little bundles and coats and left, not only did we leave the house, but also the tenants of the houses from Puławska Street to [illegible] Skolimowska Street. […] Like cattle, they drove us to Szucha Street. They took the men separately and led them deeper into the building, and they ordered us to stop on the lawns in Szucha Avenue. We were hopelessly sitting until the 4th Infantry Regiment. A German soldier came and ordered young women to perform. We performed in a...
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