Poland marks 1944 revolt against Nazis

Sirens wailed, traffic drew to a halt and pedestrians stood in silent tribute yesterday, as Poland’s capital marked the ill-fated 1944 Warsaw uprising against occupying Nazi Germany.

The sirens sounded at 5pm (1500 GMT), the exact time that the Polish resistance launched Europe’s largest World War II revolt on August 1, 1944.
The brief siren ceremony was the cornerstone of dozens of events to mark the start of the 63-day uprising, which sparked bloody Nazi reprisals and the destruction of Warsaw.

At a memorial monument, President Bronislaw Komorowski paid tribute to resistance veterans, whose number has dwindled to around 3,000....