At War45-01-2382Story Of A Secret State

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Tonight, an eyewitness account of the Polish Underground. Jan Karski is the story of a secret state. My name is Jan Karski, Polish officer and member of the Underground. Before the war I was interested in demography, the science and statistics of populations.

It was completing my doctor's thesis and that subject. I lived with my brothers and sister in Warsaw, and like many others in Poland at that time, I was blindly unaware of what the future had in store for us as a nation ends up people.

I remember particularly the night of August 31st, 1939. This is the delightful party, Mr. Demendus. Simply delightful. Thank you, thank you. Mr. Karski, you must tell me more of the beauties of Warsaw. You were describing the botanical gardens, weren't you?

The best in Europe. I will take you there tomorrow, Madam Wazen. I wouldn't miss them for anything in the world. I just love your city. It's perfectly charming and I hope to see you today.

It was a gay party. We drank wine and danced in terminably. During the course of the evening I made a number of appointments for the following week. The affair ended late. I came home tired and full of intoxicating plans for the future.

And then the next morning, the news no one expected came. I joined my regiment, we were shipped to the front. We made Hasty have hazard preparations to check the German bits grieved, and we talked big.