Nicholas Boston
August Browne was believed to have fought in the Warsaw Uprising, but that claim is now in doubt.
History
Huge stash of WWII resistance documents found under floorboards in Warsaw
The collection also includes the diary of a young woman living under the Nazi-German occupation.
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