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In the foreword to his book,
Janusz Zawodny says: (
) I personally interviewed people who had been
responsible for taking the decision about Warsaw Uprising. Both from London and
from Warsaw: Prime Minister Stanisław Mikołajczyk, general Tadeusz Bór
Komorowski, insurgents, Polish airmen under British command, diplomats from
Washington, Moscow, Rome, and London. I had been collecting those interviews in
six countries (the United States, Canada, Great Britain, France, Germany and
Italy) since 1965 till 1972. In Polish Peoples Republic it was not possible to
objectively collect materials about Warsaw Uprising . I have been living abroad
since 1944.
Interviews with the Poles were not easy. In controversial situations they had,
as always, passion for the truth, but different perception of evidence.
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Although I could not agree with some opinions, I did not discuss nor question
the content, for the aim of the interview was to collect statements of the
participants. I did not want to interpret their words.
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The discourse of the interviews was diverse: ranging from emotional
re-experiencing the events to diplomatic wording of the information. I noticed
the following: the more information about the decision of starting the uprising
one possessed, the less will they had to provide exhaustive interview (e.g. in
the case of gen. Tadeusz Pełczyński).
Prof. Janusz Kazimierz Zawodny born
in 1921 in Warsaw. Took part in September 1939 and Warsaw Uprising.
Soldier of Home Army and II Corps. Expert in history and political
science. Studied at the University of Iowa; PhD in 1955 at Stanford
University. Taught at Princeton; ST Anthons College at Oxford
University; Clarement Graduate University; Pomona Collage. Author of "Death
in the Forest. The Story of Katyn Forest Massacre" (1962) and "Nothing
but Honor. The Story of Warsaw Uprising, 1944 (1978).
10 August 2006
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