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WARSAW 1944
Hitler, Himmler and the Crushing of a City
Alexandra Richie
William Collins
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First published in Great Britain by William Collins in 2013
Copyright © Alexandra Richie 2013
Maps by John Gilkes
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Source ISBN: 9780007180417
Ebook Edition © October 2013 ISBN: 9780007523412
Version: 2014-07-23
For Antonia and Caroline
Contents
2. To the Very Gates of Warsaw
10. Hitler’s War Against the Old Town
11. The Allies, Hitler and the Battle for Czerniaków
Author’s Note and Acknowledgements
From the reviews of Warsaw 1944
1. Hitler in Warsaw, 5 October 1939. (Topfoto)
2. Soviet troops advance on Warsaw in the summer of 1944. (AKG)
3. ‘Agaton’ leads his troops to battle on 1 August 1944. (Zygmunt Walkowski)
4. A Warsawian attempts to cross a street to safety on the first day of the uprising. (Zygmunt Walkowski)
5. Barricade at Marszaticorska and Zlota streets. (Zygmunt Walkowski)
6. German troops in Wola. (Zygmunt Walkowski)
7. Heinz Reinefarth, who ordered the first wave of massacres in Wola. (Zygmunt Walkowski)
8. An Azeri unit sharing sausages with their German colleagues. (Zygmunt Walkowski)
9. Men, women and children killed on 5 August 1944.
10. Wanda Lurie