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During the late summer/early fall of 1944, residents of Warsaw - on their own - resisted the Nazi occupation of their city.
As Hitler's troops systematically destroyed Warsaw, it was becoming clear that Stalin also wanted the Poles crushed.
Streets became ravines in the massively damaged Warsaw as Poles faced the mounting consequences of their resistance.
On their own, the Polish people mounted the best resistance they could muster against Hitler's forces during the Warsaw Uprising of 1944.
Hitler had a plan of conquest when he came to power as leader of the Third Reich.
Hitler had a plan of conquest when he came to power as leader of the Third Reich.
Hitler had a plan of conquest when he came to power as leader of the Third Reich.
Children in Bolivia - with, or without, their parents - walk an hour to work in some of the country's tin mines.
As a young man, Karol Wojtyla had no desire to become a priest.
The young life of this past pope took place in Nazi occupied Poland.
Karol had to get a job acceptable to the Nazi authorities running Poland.
The Germans tolerated no descent from the Polish clergy.
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