85% of the buildings on the left-bank of the river are destroyed. Józef Sigalin, one of the chief architects of Warsaw’s reconstruction, wrote about Nowy Świat Street in January 1945 stating that what ...

A vibrant and huge Jewish population of Warsaw – mostly a remnant of the past. You can find a place or two, sure, but it’s ...

A meeting place that we can conventionally call a 'barbershop', but we all know there's more to it. Selected spreads from the photobook Warszawa 1945 (Warsaw 1945). Photographs: Leonard Sempoliński, ...

In the words of one soldier, Warsaw was ‘a phantom city’. Photo: public domain / Wikicommons. 80 years ago, on Jan. 17, 1945, Soviet and Polish military formations entered Warsaw bringing an end to ...