soc.history.war.world-war-ii

On Apr 6, 1:30 pm, Roman Werpachowski
wrote:
> On Apr 5, 6:18 pm, Dalton wrote:
>
> > In English, y'all.
>
> > I was leery of the "Rising '44" title as it seemed to revolve mostly
> > around the political background and the events leading up to it. My
> > library has this covered from other sources to my liking. I am more
> > interested in the actual uprising: accounts, plans, etc.
>
> > Thank you.
>
> > Dalton McBride
>
> This book deals with the history of Warsaw under occupation from 1939
> to 1945:http://62.121.129.121/book.php?id=259
>
> Of the same author, but about the Warsaw Uprising only:http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dni-walczacej-stolicy-Powstania-Warszawskiego...
>
> A fascinating collection of first-hand accounts (incl. my
> grandmother's) from the Warsaw Uprising can be found in:http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pamietniki-zo%C2%B1nierzy-baonu-Zoska-warszaw...
>
> I don't know if they are the best sources, but they are widely read.
> Sorry for not being able to point you to English editions, I don't
> know if they exist.\
>

<< There are some old accounts in English I have stashed away, but
what I want to know is the story of the betrayal of the leader of the
Polish underground in late '43 in Warsaw. Code name "Grot".
Apparently the gestapo arrested someone in the organization and
he agreed to put "Grot" on the spot. "Grot" was lured one night to (I
believe) a sketch (or photo) shop in downtown Warsaw where he was
arrested by "Rollkommando" Merten.
The traitor's name (I believe) was Kalkstein-Stolinski aka
"Hank(a)" he served prison time after the war. How he survived prison
is beyond my comprehension.
"Grot", after refusing to help the Germans fight the Soviets, was
executed at the beginning of the uprising.
I'll try to get those titles for you - they're old. >>

p.s. What does "zdrajcy" translate to?