by Simon Black
One of the things that sets Warsaw apart from every other European capital is the noticeable lack of an old city center.
Athens, Paris, London, Rome, Prague, Kiev– these cities are thousands of years old, and it shows. One of Europe’s delights, in fact, is the continent’s well-preserved architecture.
Yet despite being founded over 1,000 years ago, Warsaw is largely devoid of such splendor. Most of the city was completely demolished by the Nazis after several years of invasion, occupation, and insurrection.
It was right around this time 73-years ago, in fact, that Nazi forces began to mass at the Polish border in preparation for invasion.