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Warsaw Uprising

Stefan Baluk (pictured here in 2010) fought for Polish independence in the Warsaw Uprising. He spent much of his time underground, in the sewers. After the war, he was arrested by the Soviets.

A Polish resistance fighter remembers fighting in the Warsaw Uprising — from the sewers

Conflict

Stefan Baluk was a Polish independence fighter during the Warsaw Uprising. First he faced the Nazis; then after the war, the Soviets. And it took Poland 50 years to recognize him for his service.