SO MANY THINGS HAPPENED
in
1939 . . September and October
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At that moment in time
Of the " Rusty and Wrinkles " Pair
One . . was a . . toddler
The other . . was to be born . . a year later
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Hitler
( a born . . Austrian )
➤ had taken control of Germany
➤ and made "himself" Leader of .. what he called The Third "Reich"
( German word for . . "Empire" )
The First Reich . . was the . . Holy Roman Empire
( 1000 years )
Germany . . changed leadership from . .
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The outline in the photo ( below ) introduces
Reasons
for the
Warsaw Uprising
Events
that unfolded in . . Poland
and the ugly in - humane series of developments that . .
still today
. . no one likes to think about
A sentence we see many places in Poland .. reminds the world
" THOSE
Who
DO
NOT
R E M E M B E R
The
PAST
Are
CONDEMNED
To
REPEAT
IT "
Hitler
( a born . . Austrian )
➤ had taken control of Germany
➤ and made "himself" Leader of .. what he called The Third "Reich"
( German word for . . "Empire" )
The First Reich . . was the . . Holy Roman Empire
( 1000 years )
The Second Reich . . was the . . German Empire
( 1871 - 1918 )
losing . . World War I
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Between . . WW I and . . WW II
Germany . . changed leadership from . .
➤ EMPEROR . . to . . ➤ DEMOCRACY . . to . . ➤ DICTATORSHIP
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➤ September 1, 1939 Hitler . . began his expansion tactics
➤ by firing on Westerplatte, Poland . . ( in the north . . at Gdansk )
( see . . blog Archive . . 2015 September CEu06 )
( see . . blog Archive . . 2015 September CEu06 )
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The outline in the photo ( below ) introduces
Reasons
for the
Warsaw Uprising
Events
that unfolded in . . Poland
and the ugly in - humane series of developments that . .
still today
. . no one likes to think about
A sentence we see many places in Poland .. reminds the world
" THOSE
Who
DO
NOT
R E M E M B E R
The
PAST
Are
CONDEMNED
To
REPEAT
IT "
Among many detailed ways
used to describe just exactly what Warsaw endured . .
( being fought over . . by . . both . . the Nazis and . . the Communists )
✔︎ A 6 - minute FILM shows . . Warsaw in R U I N
✔︎ ( A giant screen in another location ) presents a
Chronological Account
of the
growing number of
➤ Abuses . ➤ Demands . ➤ House Arrests
➤ Property Confiscations
➤ Closing of many Schools and Libraries
and much more
that
forced citizens
to decide to
" D O N O T H I N G "
OR
" ORGANIZE a . . . RESISTANCE "
F I G H T
for . . their . . L I V E S
and for
their . . C I T Y
France and Great Britain
had signed an
A L L I A N C E
( a relationship of . . "Mutual Benefit" )
with
P O L A N D
EVERYONE . . was suffering financially . . from the . . COSTS of . . World War I
. . and let's face it . .
☛ NO ONE . . is ever anxious to . . GO TO " WAR "
POLAND was in Desperate NEED of "H E L P"
➤ ALLIES were "dragging their feet" ..
➤ s t a l l i n g ..
➤ " looking the other way " ..
➤ calculating . . "their own" costs ..
and . . .
NO . . "H E L P" . . COMES !
BE . . Polish . . for a moment . .
W A I T I N G . H O P I N G
for E s c a p e . . for R e s c u e
WE have NEVER been in a position
of truly
fearing . . DEATH . . by . . INVASION
The Polish Home Army
tried . . tactically
H I D I N G
. . IN THE . .
S E W E R S
. . in order to make a
SURPRISE ATTACK
from
' underground '
Warsaw was SO . . "Hopeful"
of
eliminating the ENEMY
( German Nazis & Russian Communists )
they were
prematurely . . ' Celebrating '
raising flags
The Plan . . failed
Warsaw's population
suffered
UN - imaginable
Casualties and Devastation
In the photo
The man in the center . . is emerging from the . . underground sewers
This Warsaw Uprising Museum Story
. . together with
Warsaw's
Jewish Ghetto Uprising Museum Story
kept us busy for two full days
We are in awe even of the
Talent and Perseverance and detailed Artistic " Layout "
showing
How
☞ " Powerful "
HATRED and EVIL
can be
AND
How a population's
☞ various . . Personalities . . " respond "
( NOT necessarily . . in unison . . NOR . . quickly )
( Ask yourself . . " What Would I Do ? )
◼︎ Some want to .. and DO .. R U N
◼︎ Some want to .. and DO .. HIDE
◼︎ Some are .. frozen .. in .. FEAR
◼︎ Some Ignore the News .. DENY Reality
Fortunately
◼︎ Many Step UP to the PLATE .. and .. get "involved "
.. because .. the ODDS are .. incredibly serious
☞ No matter what their Response ..
➤ THOUSANDS lost their lives
( killed by the . . National Socialist "Nazis" and Communists )
And this was
only the
. . . " beginning " . . .
Two and one - half Decades have passed since Communists left Poland ( 1989 )
Communists had come . . ( " after " the Nazis left )
promising to H E L P . . " Poland "
TODAY . . .
Warsaw . . is finally picking up the pieces of what "remained"
2 fabulous (Warsaw) Museums opened in 2004 and 2014
The story is now ready to be told
This portion of one Memorial shows a Polish Soldier of the Home Army
emerging from the city Sewers below
Most of the sculpture .. is further to the right .. honoring those named
"HEROES"
who gave themselves
to the cause of . . Polish Life and Liberty . .
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Along the Royal Way
( across from the University )
is the Boyhood Home of the famous pianist CHOPIN
A talented bench in front honors him
Push a button
Hear him PLAY !
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The
Museum of the Polish JEWS
.. is brand new
( At the north end of the Royal Way )
Gorgeous
Lots of Interactive display
C o l o r f u l
Extremely important
1000 years of history presented chronologically
Focal Point of an outdoor
Memorial
Honors the Millions of JEWS who were shamelessly slaughtered
As we think about 'descending' down deep
to wade through 1000 years
we're guessing the direction itself ( in which we're headed ) is symbolic
JEWS (along with many other groups) TRADED across . . Asia and Europe
News ( with TRADE ) travels .. and word was . . that
➤ Jews in Germany were being 'singled out' for torture
Moreover .. many JEWS were simply .. " disappearing "
We have often wondered
how so many
JEWS happened to be in . . POLAND
Believing RUMORS . . that JEWS were being . . severely mistreated in Germany
☆ . . . POLAND went out of its' way
to i n v i t e JEWS to
👍🏼 " come to Poland "
where there would be . . no mistreatment
and they would be free to
" make a life for themselves "
➤ THEN . . ( wouldn't you know it . . )
. . the NAZIS reasoned that
( b e c a u s e )
" so many Jews were ALREADY located " . . in . . POLAND
( t h e r e f o r e )
POLAND
would be the most logical place to "set up" the ghettos
which would in turn keep Jews " grouped together "
to then be . .
"loaded" and " transported " to
Concentration Camps
which would also be built
in . . POLAND
( for the same Reason . . )
Thousands of JEWS are . . "ALREADY THERE " !
Once the concentration camps were
in . . POLAND
.. NAZIS loaded up
many thousands of others from all over Europe
in train box cars
.. treated worse than animals
Hundreds of ghettos were set up to . . segregate the JEWS
.. and frankly ..
to make torture of them . . 'handy'
( . . crowded together . . like ants )
Many photos speak for themselves . . .
Required ARM BANDS
and a
STAR of DAVID " PATCH . .. . on the back "
for . . quick ( enemy ) I. D.
This one . . almost made my heart stop beating . . utter despair
. . .
Hopefully at home
we can do justice to this circumstance
by giving " THE HOLOCAUST " more time
Kraków
and the numerous Camps
at & near
" Auschwitz - Birkenow "
( .. Our next stop .. )
will reveal even more . . HORROR
about
WHAT came next
WHERE
and
HOW
It's all beyond imagination !
Must go .. R and Wr . . .
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