Wartime Portraits

S1 · E1 · 1 gen 2014

Bronislaw Hellwig Episodio 1

Bronislaw Hellwig's daughter, Hanna, shares stories about her father's heroic efforts as a skillful combat driver in German-occupied Warsaw.

S1 · E2 · 8 gen 2014

Jan Zumbach Episodio 2

A rebellious adventurer and highly decorated pilot, Jan Zumbach led the No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron in the battle against the Nazis.

S1 · E3 · 15 gen 2014

ORP Orzel Jan Grudzinski Episodio 3

September 1939: Polish submarine Orzel makes repairs in Estonia, but is impounded. Lieutenant Commander Jan Grudzinski takes command when his commander is taken ill. Grudzinski escapes with crew and boat to join with the British Navy.

S1 · E4 · 22 gen 2014

Zdzislaw Pacak-Kuzmirski Episodio 4

S1 · E5 · 29 gen 2014

Józef Beck Episodio 5

The final foreign minister of the Second Republic of Poland, Józef Beck was interned by Romanian authorities in 1939 and died in exile.