Spring Will Be Ours
“Uprising: Warsaw, 1944 5. Uprising: Warsaw, 1944 The mood of the city was changing. With almost every kommunikat, in almost every AK meeting, the news from Europe brought hope: on front after front, the German forces were being beaten back at The third of May was Constitution Day1 Last year, in the·Zoliborz district, the underground had celebrated by tapping the wires of the German loudspeakers, and the passers-by had slowed down, suddenly aware that instead of the usual stream of pronouncement...s and propaganda, someone was fervently delivering a patriotic speech. And they were playing the national anthem! For perhaps ten minutes, people stood listening, cheering, crying. Then the Gestapo swept in, in furious carloads, and the people scattered.
This year, on Constitution Day, people in Stare Miasto crossing Zamkowy Square, before the Royal Palace, found other people nudging them to look up, right up, to the palace roof. Unfurled from the top of the clock tower, the Polish flag was flying, and down below the knots of people became a crowd, gazing up at the white and red, billowing in the early summer sky.MoreLess
This year, on Constitution Day, people in Stare Miasto crossing Zamkowy Square, before the Royal Palace, found other people nudging them to look up, right up, to the palace roof. Unfurled from the top of the clock tower, the Polish flag was flying, and down below the knots of people became a crowd, gazing up at the white and red, billowing in the early summer sky.MoreLess
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