10. The people of Warsaw attempted to live normal lives as their city was slowly destroyed
Before the Warsaw uprising was two weeks old, citizens of Warsaw in the areas not yet directly affected by the fierce fighting could visit local cinemas and view newsreel footage of what was happening in other neighborhoods of their city. Newspapers in Poland (and throughout occupied Europe) had been provided only by the Nazis; within days of the beginning of the uprising newspapers appeared all over Warsaw, documenting the fighting and exhorting Poles to resist. When the Germans captured those printing the newspapers they were invariably executed. Many of the papers pointed out the close proximity of the Soviets, but not for weeks were there reports of Red Army perfidy.
By August 9 Polish Radio was back on the air from Warsaw, broadcasting news reports, Polish traditional and patriotic music, and repeated appeals to the governments of the Soviet Union, Great Britain, France, and the United States for immediate aid. The British Broadcasting Corporation picked up the broadcasts and repeated them. As the Germans gradually ground down the Polish resistance the broadcasts became less frequent, the appeals for help more strident, and eventually the radio station was forced into silence. The BBC had a war correspondent in Warsaw who also served with the Home Army. His broadcasts included direct appeals to Churchill until he attempted to flee Warsaw as the uprising collapsed.
