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Caption | Prudential building in Warsaw, Poland exploding as it was hit by a shell from a German Karl-Gerät self-propelled howitzer, 28 Aug 1944; viewed from the top of the building at the address Mikołaja Kopernika 28 about 300 meters to the east ww2dbase | |||||||
WW2-Era Location Name | Warsaw, Poland | |||||||
Date | 28 Aug 1944 | |||||||
Photographer | Sylwester Braun | |||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 28 Aug 1944 | |||||||
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Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||
Photo Size | 960 x 683 pixels |
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24 Nov 2020 10:15:21 PM
the polish people were real heroes may they never have to endure that again. i will be proud to receive my polish passport in memory of my family from warsaw