1st of August: Godzina W (Hour W)

There is a city...

 

 

August 1, 1944. The day the Warsaw Uprising went off. Backed up with just 3 days of armor and ammunition supply, civilians stood up for 63 days. The number of victims reached up to 180 thousand, with 16 thousand deaths among the insurgents. Approximately 85% of the city communications, infrastructure and houses were bombed to the ground. Every year on this day Warsaw symbolically stands motionless for a minute, to pay homage to the heroes who sacrificed their lives in the name of freedom. 

 

'Godzina W' means 'Hour W', code used for 17:00h in action 'Burza' (storm): the Warsaw Uprising.

 

My wife showed me the above video some years ago and I remember I got goosebumps watching it. One of the things I really wanted to do is to be there, in the center, amongst all those people. Feel it.

And so we did (put sound on):

 



I am really sensitive for these kinds of things, I will never forget the feeling.
Some people made a lot of footage that day at more locations, which you can see below,
really impressive.

 

Cześć i chwała Bohaterom! - Thanks and glory to the heroes!