by M.M. , 4 August 2004
An unprecedented three-day commemoration marked the 60th anniversary of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising July 30-Aug. 1. Ceremonies included the opening of the long-awaited Museum of the Uprising.
At 5 p.m. sharp Aug. 1, on the anniversary of "W-Hour," when the Warsaw Uprising started 60 years ago, sirens began to wail across the capital. Vehicles and passersby stopped to honor the insurgents. During the 63 days of the uprising, about 18,000 insurrectionists and almost 200,000 civilians were killed; some perished in combat and bombings, others were executed, and still others died of disease and exhaustion.
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