About the sacred cause of independence – Our Official

About the sacred cause of independence – Our Official

Under the patronage of “Our Official”

with Dr. Joanna Wieliczka-Szarkową, author of the book “Rise Warsaw 1944. Gloria Victis “, talks Adam Kruczek

On the eve of the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising released Ms. another book, this time devoted to this heroic tab of our history. With what intention you wrote this work?

– Its most important goal, which indicates the title of “Gloria Victis” (glory defeated), is paying homage to the heroes of the Warsaw Uprising by emphasizing sense of struggle and sacrifice made from his own life. The insurgents gave them, he said Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski, the most right and most powerful right to freedom, which has inscribed in human nature by God.

“Warsaw Uprising of 1944 was the largest in the history of the world population millionth revolt against the cruel captivity city “- points out in the foreword to the book prof. Witold Kieżun, Cadet Corporal. “Getaway”. As far as it was the work of armed insurgent troops, and how the entire population of Warsaw

– The outbreak of the Uprising was a surprise for most of Warsaw, but once accepted it with great enthusiasm and joy. People strongly supported the insurgents, because finally, after five years felt free and believed that the struggle along in a few days for them to finish the victory. No one, including the leaders of the uprising, did not foresee that it will last that long. Civilians immediately on its own will, without waiting for the call, helping struggling: extinguish the fires, exposed guard on the roofs and gates, transported the wounded, transferred provisions, and above all, built barricades. General “Bor” mentioned that the attitude of the population had a large influence on the decision to continue fighting in the capital.

describes Mrs. enormity of civilian casualties. What resulted bestiality of the Germans?

– Hitler and Himmler ordered to kill all the inhabitants, and the city razed. It was to be a “gift” for future generations of Germans, because they think all the evil came from Warsaw. Plan a “full genocide” implemented since the early days of the Uprising, starting from Wola massacre, which claimed more than 40,000 victims.

Is guilty suffered after the war adequate punishment?

– must be emphasized that no German criminal has been punished for the crimes in the Warsaw Uprising. For example, directly responsible for the deaths of possibly 100,000 victims (not only in Warsaw) commander specially created group Heinz Reinefarth shock after the war as a witness at the Nuremberg trials had to be so essential that the Allies refused to extradite him to the Polish. In the 50s Germany chose him as mayor of the town of Westerland, the capital of the island of Sylt. As a representative of the Bloc Exiles from Homeland and Deprived of Rights because he was born in Gniezno, represented the citizens of Schleswig-Holstein in the state parliament. Until his death in 1979 was widely respected lawyer with a general’s retirement.

Crimes on the insurgents, especially the civilians, not the Germans themselves have made. How big was the participation of formations of traitors?

– For suppression of the Uprising Germans used two battalions of the Turkmen and the same Azerbaijanis brigade and regiment of the Russian National Liberation Army (Russkaya Narodnaya Oswoboditielnaja Armijo – RONA) Colonel. Bronislaw Kaminski. They were degenerates scoffer of the civilian population, interested only drink vodka, plundering and rapes. Beasts Kaminski massacred Ochoty, killing 10,000 people. Commander himself was sentenced to death by the Germans for “not fighting, extreme insubordination, looting personal vault and other crimes.” He died shortly after the capitulation of the Uprising, 4 October 1944, or earlier, on August 28.

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took the strength of the insurgents and their determination to fight to the end attitude

– The rebels were soldiers of the regular army and force the soldier’s oath, but their determination and nieuległość resulted primarily from a sense that they are fighting for the sacred cause, namely independence, and this value is the generation of the most prized. When October 3 Korboński, director of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Government, at the behest of the Government Delegate informed the representatives of the civilian population of the order to leave the town, not to mention the deposit of arms and going to the captive soldiers, one of those present asked: “And what will happen to the Army? “. When he received no answer, dead cries of “If AK is, is we! If you want to die, die with her. ” Eventually, the residents have accepted the surrender of the AK and dedication to the insurgents captured, which was announced at a special meeting.

Then, at the time of leaving the soldiers of the city it happened that people knelt at the sight of them. They mentioned that some commanders. It shows what was the Army. Poles kneel only to honor the Blessed Sacrament. In the last insurgent issue of “Information Bulletin” from October 4 read: “Closed for over two months one of najszczytniejszych and tragic at the same time in our history cards [...]. The disaster, which we do not want to diminish the size is defeat one city, one stage of our struggle for freedom. [...] With our blood, with a team effort and toil, of the Passion of bodies and souls of our new Polish uprising, free, strong and independent. This faith we will live [...]. This belief – that najrealniejszy, the highest Testament written in the blood of many thousands of victims and Heroes Uprising “.

extraordinary advantage of your book is the presence of insurgent poetry and profiles of the most important artists. On the prophetic dimension was the last line, written a few days before his death by Joseph Szczepanski “Ziutka”, beginning with the words: “We are waiting you red plague”. What was the fate of the poem and the poets of that time?

– Famous is the statement of Professor. Stanislaus Pigonia that belong to the nation whose fate is to shoot the enemy with diamonds. He said so when he heard about the decision to go to fight Krzysztof Kamil Baczynski. During the Warsaw Uprising killed many famous and prominent poets and writers. Among them, in addition to Baczyńskiego, including: Wlodzimierz Pietrzak, Julius Krzyżewski, Jan Miernowski, Stanislaw Miłaszewski, Tadeusz Gajcy, Zdzislaw Stroiński, Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski or just “Ziutek,” the author said “Red plague”. After the war, the line has been the communists sentenced to nonexistence. Perhaps the poet had lived uprising, it would meet a similar fate. UB came even after late Baczyńskiego.

How – in your opinion – you can recapitulate the balance of the profit and loss Uprising

– According to recent estimates, the uprising were killed 12-14 thousand soldiers and 120 – 130,000 civilians, Warsaw has been replaced by the Germans in the city of ruins and tombs. Pope John Paul II said that some are questioning whether it was needed or was not needed until such a scale. I replied that you can not just look at this problem in purely political or military. “It is rather silently bow his head before the size of the sacrifice, before the greatness of the price they paid for that generation independence of the homeland. In paying the prices were, perhaps, wasteful, but this profligacy was also generous. Concealed in it an answer to this call, which brought Christ, above all, his own example, giving their lives for the brethren: ‘No one has greater love than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.’ “

Is Rising lesson today is actually used in the formation of patriotic attitudes of young Poles

– I think it best to do the Warsaw Uprising Museum, established ten years ago and visited by nearly 5 million visitors, mostly young, and which – as he spoke late. President Lech Kaczynski – was built so that the memory remains forever.

Thank you.