Return to Warsaw Under Red Army Shadow
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk recalls returning to a ruined Warsaw on June 26, 1945 to lead the Polish Provisional Government under Soviet influence. He describes constant surveillance by NKVD style police, drunken Red Army soldiers, confiscated freedoms, and a hostile atmosphere that foreshadows a death sentence as Moscow allies alter Poland’s path.
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Peasant Party
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Columbia Records
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Columbia
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Baltimore
Esther Stoll
CBS
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