Human faces of history

Survivors of the Warsaw Uprising fought for freedom and humanity almost 80 years ago. Now as, as war returns to Europe, the last of their generation are keen to let their voices be heard. 

The Uprisers we’ve portrayed are one of the last ones representing the Generation of Columbuses - a generation of Poles whose first steps into adulthood was marked by World War II. Why ‘the Generation of Columbuses’? Having been born into the finally independent Poland, that then once again has been deprived of its freedom through World War II, they had to take on the role of discovering Poland on the maps of Europe one more time. 

‘Humans in the EU’ brings together creators and communicators to foster understanding, dialogue, and active citizenship by telling the human stories. We’ve started the Uprisers project to show the human faces of history, the people who survived the Warsaw Uprising in 1944, fighting for Polish independence. We want to tell the stories that bring inspiration and hope for a better future. 

See some of the photos by @zuzakrajewska below