@ww2girl1944.bsky.social
Historian of Poland in WW2. Specialising in Poles in Auschwitz, & the #WarsawUprising. Now running history tours in Poland! Check out my podcast "Moments in Time: WW2 Edition" #biker
@ww2girl1944.bsky.socialReposted by @ww2girl1944.bsky.socialIt is finally LIVE! My new podcast with the Pilecki Institute! My first guest is the fanfriggingtastic Ian Garner.But we only touched the tip of the iceberg in this convo so if you want more of our banter and sarcasm let me know!!
Link ⬇️
youtu.be/qQqhFieSCVc?...
@ww2girl1944.bsky.socialIt is finally LIVE! My new podcast with the Pilecki Institute! My first guest is the fanfriggingtastic Ian Garner.But we only touched the tip of the iceberg in this convo so if you want more of our banter and sarcasm let me know!!
Link ⬇️
youtu.be/qQqhFieSCVc?...
@rednavy70.bsky.socialReposted by @ww2girl1944.bsky.socialLovely walking tour of Warsaw today with @ww2girl1944.bsky.social. Highly recommend her if you need a tour guide.
@ww2girl1944.bsky.socialI loved spending time with you! We have SO MUCH MORE to see and do!!
@rednavy70.bsky.socialReposted by @ww2girl1944.bsky.socialWish I had more time in Poland 🇵🇱 with @ww2girl1944.bsky.social
@ww2girl1944.bsky.social#OTD in 1944, 21-year-old nurse Ewa Stefanowska — known by the codename "Ewa" — was killed during the assault on Gdańsk Railway Station amid the #WarsawUprising.
@ww2girl1944.bsky.social#OTD in 1944, 16-year-old Władysław Kamiński succumbed to his injuries in a field hospital at the PKO building on Jasna Street 9 during the #WarsawUprising. Wounded in early August—shot in the spine and legs—he was left unable to move.
#History #WW2
@ww2girl1944.bsky.social#OTD in 1944, 13-year-old messenger Maria Teresa Bartnik was killed during the #WarsawUprising. She was last seen on patrol in the Old Town on Długa Street with Stanisław Letowt and is believed to have been among about 300 people killed where a heavy charge carrier detonated on Kilińskiego Street.
@ww2girl1944.bsky.social@ww2girl1944.bsky.socialOn this day in 1944, 20-year-old Marek Długoszowski — codename "Baobab" — lost his life in Muranów at the corner of Muranowska and Pokorna during the #WarsawUprising. During the occupation he was active in the underground, trained as a resistance fighter and took part in numerous missions.
@ww2girl1944.bsky.social#OTD in 1944 — on the 12th day of the Uprising, 17-year-old nurse Barbara Rzymkowska (codename "Basia") was killed during the fight for Warsaw’s Old Town. Her place of burial remains unknown.
#WarsawUprising #History #WW2
@ww2girl1944.bsky.socialOTD in 1944: 16-year-old messenger Zbigniew Wasilewicz, codename "Zbych", was killed in the area of Podwale/Miodowa Street in the Old Town during the Warsaw Uprising. No other information is given.
#OTD #WarsawUprising #History #WW2
@ww2girl1944.bsky.socialOTD 1944: 22-year-old messenger and medic Jadwiga Krystyna Cyrańska, codename "Wisia," was killed on Ligocka Street during the #WarsawUprising. She was delivering a message with her friend Maria Garszyńska-Jarosz when a bullet hit her abdomen. Maria survived the war. #History
@ww2girl1944.bsky.social#OTD 1944 — 24-year-old nurse Krystyna Wańkowicz, codename "Anna," was killed during the #WarsawUprising. She was struck by mortar/grenade fire in the Calvinist (Evangelical) Cemetery in Wola while covering retreating fighters; her body was never found.
