Henryk Sztompka
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Henryk Sztompka was a Polish pianist. He studied at the Warsaw Conservatory under Józef Turczyński and later trained in Paris under Ignacy Jan Paderewski from 1928 to 1932. He competed in the first In
Portrait in 1938
Sztompka with conductor Grzegorz Fitelberg at Wawel Castle (1937)
Poster for recital at Grotrian Hall in London (1934)
Burial place at Rakowicki Cemetery
Warsaw Uprising
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The Warsaw Uprising, sometimes referred to as the August Uprising, or the Battle of Warsaw, was a major World War II operation by the Polish underground resistance to liberate Warsaw from German occup
Henryk Sztompka
…Sztompka married Helena (née Zakrzewski) in 1938. Their son, Piotr Sztompka, became a Polish sociologist. After the Warsaw Uprising in 1944, he and his wife and infant son received shelter from Władysław Strakacz, the owner of a brewery in Skierniewice. The brewer brought Sztompka…
A captured German Sd.Kfz. 251 from the 5th SS Panzer Division, being used by the 8th "Krybar" Regiment. Furthest right; commander Adam Dewicz "Grey Wolf", 14 August 1944.
The Old Town in flames during the Warsaw Uprising
Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski, commander of the Polish Home Army
Weapons used by the resistance, including the Błyskawica submachine gun – one of very few weapons designed and mass-produced covertly in occupied Europe.