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14 animated photos of the Warsaw Uprising

The scenes are arranged chronologically. Each record leads to a separate page with animation, photography, description of the place, author and sources.

1. 
   August 1944

   Concert at the "U Gwiazdek" cafe

   An insurgent plays the piano in the garden or on the terrace of the "U Gwiazdek" café in the Łubieński palace at ul. Mazowiecka 5.

2. 
   August 14, 1944

   Captured transporter "Hansel" ("Grey Wolf")

   Soldiers of the Home Army Group "Krybar" in the Sd.Kfz transporter captured on August 14, 1944. 251, initially named "Hansel".

3. 
   The second decade of August 1944

   Preparation of fortifications at Marszałkowska Street

   Insurgents and civilians are filling sandbags in the yard at Marszałkowska 124/128, preparing covers and fortifications.

4. 
   August 20, 1944

   Mass at the Music Conservatory

   Mass celebrated on August 20, 1944 in the concert hall of the Music Conservatory at ul. Okólnik 1 in the insurgent Powiśle.

5. 
   August 23, 1944

   Figure of Christ 'Sursum corda'

   Figure of Christ carrying the cross in front of the Church of the Holy Cross, photographed by Sylwester Braun on August 23, 1944.

6. 
   August 28, 1944

   Prudential under fire

   Impact of a shell from the German Karl-Gerät 040 "Ziu" mortar on the Prudential in Warsaw on August 28, 1944.

7. 
   After August 14, before September 4, 1944

   Maltese Hospital at ul. Agreed

   Patients of the evacuated Maltese Hospital in the hall of the Powszechny Bank Zwiodkowy at ul. Consent 11.

8. 
   September 18, 1944

   Insurgents in the ruins of the Main Post Office

   Insurgents at a shooting position in the ruins of the Main Post Office at 8 Napoleon Square; damaged Prudential in the background.

9. 
   August 1944

   'Rising Venus'

   An anonymous young woman with a mirror on a street covered with rubble. Złota, photographed by Eugeniusz Lokajski "Brok".

10. 
    August 1944

    Insurgents on the barricade at ul. Żelazna

    Soldiers of the Home Army Group "Chrobry II" on the earth barricade at ul. Żelazna 63 in August 1944.

11. 
    September 1944

    Shooting position near the Main Post Office

    Insurgent on a position among the ruins at Napoleon Square; Sylwester Braun's series is associated with the building of the Main Post Office.

12. 
    September 1944

    Insurgent patrol on ul. Jasna

    Two insurgents on ul. Jasna in German uniforms and with captured weapons, photographed by Sylwester Braun.

13. 
    Warsaw Uprising 1944

    Expelled inhabitants of Hala Mirowska

    A column of civilians being expelled from Warsaw passes by the destroyed Hala Mirowska towards the assembly points.

14. 
    Approximately September 30 - October 2, 1944

    Soldiers of the "Anna" company before capitulation

    Six people from the "Anna" company of the "Gustaw" Battalion at Dąbrowskiego Square, photographed shortly before the capitulation.