Poland marks Warsaw uprising anniversary
Polish prime minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski and other dignitaries attended wreath-laying ceremonies today marking the 63rd anniversary of the doomed Second World War revolt of Warsaw residents against their Nazi occupiers.
The ceremony, held at the Unknown Soldier’s Tomb in central Warsaw, was part of a week of events to commemorate the insurgency that started on August 1, 1944 and lasted 63 days.