To a calendar already bulging with red-letter days, Germany added a particularly sanguinary one last fortnight. The Reich commemorated the first anniversary of its stewardship in Poland by executing "Stefan the Stubborn" Starzynski, last mayor of Warsaw, outstanding hero of World War II.
When German dive bombers sent Poland's Government scurrying to safety in Rumania, Starzynski directed the defense of the capital. Over the radio, to the accompaniment of Chopin Polonaises, he gave the world a day-by-day account of the destruction of his city. To German demands for surrender, he defiantly announced:...
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