Warsaw 44 The Uprising

Seventy years ago this week, the resistance fighters of the Polish Home Army in Warsaw surrendered to the Germans. The 63 day old Warsaw Uprising against Nazi occupation had ended in cataclysmic defeat. The city lay in ruins and an estimated 200,000 people - mostly civilians - had lost their lives. The debate as to whether it was worth it continues today but many of the participants have no doubt. This is their story.