Wojtek the Bear [paperback] (27 page)

invasion threat on fall of
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resistance forces of
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Norwid, Kamil
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Nowa Szkocja (Nova Scotia)
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Nowak, Jan (Jeziorañski)
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Operation Barbarossa
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Orr, Aileen
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animals in warfare, roles of
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fascination with Wojtek’s story
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first sight of Wojtek
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legacy for Wojtek, journey into the future and
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personal odyssey for
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wild creatures, experiences with
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Orr, Alexander
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Orr, Andrew
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Orr, Janie
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Ostaszków prison camp
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Palestine
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Paolozzi, Eduardo
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Paxton, Berwickshire
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Paxton House
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Peebles
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penguins at Edinburgh Zoo
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Persia (Iran)
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pigeons in war
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Pilsudski, Joózef
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Poland

balance between Nazis and Soviets, principle of
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blitzkrieg against
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Committee of National Liberation
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concentration camp deaths in
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Constitution of Third May (1791)
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Counter-Reformation in
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current relationship with Scotland, Wojtek Trust as enhancement for
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deportations for forced labour from
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destroyer flotilla joining Royal Navy
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drama of wartime journeys of people of
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enlightenment in
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executions by Nazis in
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General Government of Nazis in
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Great Emigration to Paris from
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grievances between Soviet Union and
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historic links with Scotland
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Home Army (
Armia Krajowa
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identity of, attempts to abolish
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January Uprising (1863)
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Jewish genocide
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links with
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modernisation of
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national nightmare of
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Nazi killing field
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non-alignment policy of
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November Uprising (1830)
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official non-existence of
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Operation Tempest
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partitioning of
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paths to future for soldiers following 1939 September Campaign
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patriotic conspiracies
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People’s Republic of
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Pilsudski’s Republic
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Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
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Polish Republic, boundary disputes of
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political and economic decline
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popular support for resistance in
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postwar boundaries, Potsdam decision on
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Red Army in
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regional partition by Nazis
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religious freedom in
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restoration of independence (1917)
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roots of suffering of
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rural districts, partizan control of
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Russia and Prussia, hostility of
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Scotland’s first planned
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September Resistance (1939)
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Silver Cross of Merit award for Krystyna Szumelukowa
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underground state
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wartime resistance in
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wartime story of, faith and endurance in
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wealth of sixteenth-century
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Poles in Scotland
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acceptance within communities, tightrope of
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agricultural skills of
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bartering
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belief in free homeland of
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Borders welcome for (and Polish reciprocation)
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boredom and disillusionment of
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Churchill’s pledge to
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citizenship for, diffuctulties of
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condensed milk, use of
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country dances as relaxation for
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cuisine, coming to terms with
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distillation
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early repatriation, official encouragement of
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employment issue
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fears and worries of
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fraternisation with locals
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grief and rage, focus of
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influx in recent years of
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letters from home for
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living in limbo
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mark on Scottish Borders left by
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memorial service (Remembrance Sunday, 2008)
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numbers of
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Polish soldiers, first arrivals in Borders
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political sympathy for
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relationship building for
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religious divide for
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reporting to local police stations, need for
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rest and relaxation in Berwick
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School of Medicine at Edinburgh University
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Sovietization, experience of
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tensions with locals at country dances
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trading
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visits to other parts for
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welcome to Glasgow
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work opportunities for
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xenophobia against
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Polish Army Service Corps (Artillery), 22nd Company
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Polish Committee of National Liberation
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The Polish Community in Scotland
(Ziarski-Kernberg, T.)
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Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum, London
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Polish 2nd Corps
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Polish Resettlement Corps (PRC)
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Polish Socialist Party
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Polish-Soviet War (1920)
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Polish 1st Armoured Division
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Polish 1st Army
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Polish 1st Corps
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Portugal
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Post House Hotel, Edinburgh
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Potsdam conference
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Poznañ
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Prendys, Lance-Corporal Peter
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appointment as Wojtek’s guardian
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camp life in Middle East with Wojtek
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care for baby bear
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death in London
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family wartime endurance
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first meeting with Wojtek
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goodbye to Wojtek
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leaving Wojtek at Winfield (and welcome on return)
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love for Wojtek
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reunited with family
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West Ukraine homeland
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Winfield life with Wojtek
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Princess Street Gardens
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Protestant Action Society
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Rigg, Suzanne
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Riverside Studios, Hammersmith
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Robertson, Jennifer
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Rokossovsky, Konstantin
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Romania
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Rommel, General Erwin
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Roosevelt, Franklin D.
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at Teheran conference
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at Yalta conference
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Rothesay
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Royal Scots Borderers
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Royal Zoological Society of Scotland
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Rudnicki, Klemens
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Russell MSP, Mike
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Russian Revolution (1905)
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salmon
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Scotland
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common purpose of war years in
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core of Polish community in
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dancing bears in
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displaced persons in, life of
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food allowances in
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rationing in
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school milk in
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Scottish Borders
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tradition of military recruitment in Borders
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wartime movements of people in
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winter of 1946-7, harshness of
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‘Scotland in Europe’ (Richard Demarco exhibition)
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Scotland in Poland
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Scottish Parliament
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Scottish-Polish Society
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Scottish Women’s Rural Institute (SWRI)
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Shaw, David
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Siberia
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Sikorski, General Wladyslaw
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Skibinska, Kasia
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Skrzynski, Tomasz
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Slowacki, Juliusz
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Sobiesky, Princess Clementina
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Sosabowski, General Stanislaw
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Soviet Union
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Spain
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St Mary’s Metropolitan Cathedral
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Stalin, Josef
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Britain’s alliance with, Churchill’s anxiety not to damage
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control over Poland
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intention to set up puppet regime in Poland
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invasion of Eastern Poland
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Katyn Forest, complicity in massacre in
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Pilsudski’s relationship with
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refusal for Allies to use Soviet-held airfields
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suspicions of Anders’ Polish army
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at Teheran conference
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‘Uncle Joe’
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Warsaw Rising, attitude to
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