Name day: Lidia, Nikodem
Sunrise 5:15 am; sunset 8:41 pm; air temperature: 17°C
Cloudy, drizzle in the morning; Vistula river level: 137 cm



          8.00 am - The Germans use Warsaw civilians as a human shield when advancing on the barricade at the intersection of Wolska and Młynarska Streets. First massacres are taking place in Wola and Ochota at "Zieleniak" on Grójecka Street.

          The Germans introduce bombers, mainly Stukas, into fights against the insurgents.

          Attacks on the positions occupied by the Germans are being continued. The insurgents capture the Blank Palace, Arsenal, Mostowski Palace, they break into the premises of the Warsaw University of Technology. The company commanded by Lieutenant Zbigniew Brym "Zdunin" from the "Chrobry II" group captures the Post Train Station on Aleje Jerozolimskie near Żelazna Street. After intense fights, a heavily fortified enemy strongpoint - the seat of the military police at the corner of Chłodna and Żelazna Streets - falls into the hands of the insurgents. The partisans also take over the Tourist House at Starynkiewicza Square.

          The Bureau of Information and Propaganda of the Home Army Headquarters brings in six megaphone patrols operating in Śródmieście and broadcasting information programs, poems and songs.

          The General Staff of the Home Army Headquarters establishes communication with the Command of the District of Warsaw using an automatic telephone network.

          Numerous fortifications are erected. The barricade partitioning Nowy Świat Street near Warecka Street makes it possible to maintain regular contact between Śródmieście and Powiśle.

          The troops led by Lieutenant Colonel Mieczysław Niedzielski "Żywiciel" ("Breadwinner") are returning from the Kampinos Forest to Żoliborz. After a whole-day battle in the residential area "Zdobycz Robotnicza" in Bielany, a group of soldiers including Lt. Col. "Żywiciel" (ca. 350 people) forces its way through to Wilson Square on the night of August 3 and 4, while the rest of the unit - those poorly armed - pulls back to the Kampinos Forest.

          The fights in Praga are drawing to an end. The commander of the Sub-district of Praga Lieutenant Colonel "Bober" (Antoni Żurawski) orders a part of his men to get to the left bank of the Vistula River (they cross the river to reach lower Mokotów), the others are released home.

          On the night of August 3 and 4, the insurgents burst into the PASTa (Polska Akcyjna Spółka Telefoniczna - Polish Telephone Joint-stock Company) building, but after a few hours of fighting they are forced to leave the place.

          German reinforcements are incoming: large groups of Russian collaborators, an East Prussia regiment of grenadiers (1000 soldiers), the SS Dirlewanger Brigade (convicted criminals); the RONA (Russkaja Oswoboditielnaja Narodnaja Armia) brigade commanded by the renegade SS General Bronisław Kamiński and a few Wehrmacht and police battalions from Poznań led by General Reinefahrt come to Okęcie. An armored train is also arriving.
          SS General Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, an expert in combating underground movements, is appointed as the commander of all German forces gathered in Warsaw.
          The German forces receive the order to suppress the Uprising by all means necessary and are authorized by Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler to kill anybody they like, according to their preferences. They eagerly carry out the order.

          On August 3, the German executioners drag the inhabitants, including many professors and lecturers of Warsaw universities, out of the house situated at 5 Nowy Świat Street and murder them.