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Season 1

5 episodes · 2014

  1. 1Bronislaw Hellwig

    01 Jan 2014 · 25 min

    Bronislaw Hellwig's daughter, Hanna, shares stories about her father's heroic efforts as a skillful combat driver in German-occupied Warsaw.

  2. 2Jan Zumbach

    08 Jan 2014 · 25 min

    A rebellious adventurer and highly decorated pilot, Jan Zumbach led the No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron in the battle against the Nazis.

  3. 3ORP Orzel Jan Grudzinski

    15 Jan 2014 · 25 min

    September 1939: Polish submarine Orzel makes repairs in Estonia, but is impounded. Lieutenant Commander Jan Grudzinski takes command when his commander is taken ill. Grudzinski escapes with crew and boat to join with the British Navy.

  4. 4Zdzislaw Pacak-Kuzmirski

    22 Jan 2014 · 25 min

  5. 5Józef Beck

    29 Jan 2014 · 25 min

    The final foreign minister of the Second Republic of Poland, Józef Beck was interned by Romanian authorities in 1939 and died in exile.