Got the train back to the Capital for my final weekend in Poland. The weather turned nasty today so I headed for some museums, starting with the Warsaw Rising Museum. It pays tribute to those who tried to claim the city for Poland, in the last year of the War. The idea was to hold the city for 48 hours before the Red Army arrived to help. In practice the Red Army held back and let the Germans destroy the city and it`s inhabitants so they could walk in afterwards unopposed. The museum lays out the story of the two months the insurgents held the city and some of the heroes of the revolt. It`s very sobering with many exhibits documenting the cruel and barbaric way the Nazi`s exerted control over the city. After the uprising was crushed, Hitler ordered the complete destruction of the city, as a lesson to the rest of Europe and 90% of the city was turned to rubble. It`s a tribute to the Polish People that they rebuilt such a strong, bold city, which stands a memorial to all those who fought such vicious evil and who paid with their life.