soc.history.war.world-war-ii

On 7 Kwi, 21:05, Opry phantom wrote:
> On Apr 6, 1:30 pm, Roman Werpachowski
> wrote:
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>
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> > On Apr 5, 6:18 pm, Dalton wrote:
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> > > 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.

It was a communist prison.

> "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?

Traitors.

RW