80 Years Ago The City Of Warsaw Fell To The German Army

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Fall of Warsaw - September 1939 - from Memories of Jerzy Kajetanski - Part III

Below is the last part of the excerpts from the memories of Jerzy Kaletanski, the author of very dramatic paintings illustrating the war. You can magnify the picture by clicking into it. Read the previous part September 1939 - from Memories of Jerzy Kajetanski - Part II. Read also the press review by Richard Poremski Images of War by Kajetanski - Graphics of Poland's WW II Suffering. 

On the next day we returned to Uncle Adam's apartment because it was impossible to continue to be in that crowd.

There began to be air raids during the day, and the artillery fusillade continued at night. The whole operation was directed toward the center of town. The Germans were systematically demolishing whole city blocks.

After a few days we decided to return to the Wola section because it became evident that the outlying sections of town were less threatened. Telephones were still in service here so we called my cousin Jasio who invited us over to his house.

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