Name day: Stefan, Julian
Sunrise 6:04 am; sunset 7:38 pm; average air temperature: 18°C
Sunny, cloudy in the evening; Vistula river level: 62 cm



          The fall of the Old Town.
          Around 6 000 civilians and 5 000 soldiers (including 3 000 injured partisans) were evacuated through the sewers. There are still 35,000 people left in the Old Town, including 7 500 heavily injured.
          The SS and Vlasov troops commit mass murders. They kill the old and the sick. They burn people alive and execute injured people in hospital basements. On this very day the Germans eliminate 1 300 people.
          Those who survived the slaughter are deported through Pruszków to concentration camps.

          The armored car "Kubuś" takes part in another failed attack on the University.

          A huge bombardment of Śródmieście results in the destruction of several houses on Wspólna, Złota, Śliska, Sienna Streets and at Trzech Krzyży (Three Crosses) Square. The attack destroys St. Alexander's Church and Queen Jadwiga Gymnasium. A few dozen insurgents lose their lives under the debris of the latter.
          Taking advantage of the chaos caused by the bombardment, the company commanded by Lieutenant Kazimierz Leski "Bradl" of the Home Army battalion "Miłosz" launches a sudden attack and captures the YMCA building at 6 Konopnicka Street.

          After a few days of heavy fights, the Sadyba district shares the fate of the Old Town. However, in a few resistance points the insurgents defend themselves to the last soldier. Ultimately, under the pressure of German fire, they are forced to withdraw from Sadyba.
          The Germans gain access to Czerniakowska and Belwederska Streets and have now starting positions to launch an attack on the Sielce neighborhood.
          After the fall of the Old Town in the north and Sadyba in the south, the pliers around the area still controlled by the insurgents are closing in.

          In Żoliborz, the "Żmija" ("Viper") group secures Marymont and Lower Żoliborz, while the "Żubr" ("Bison") group led by Major Władysław Jeleń-Nowakowski "Serb" mans the oil mill on Gdańska Street and the school on Kolektorska Street.

          A record number of over 120 German air raids on Warsaw.

edited by: Maciej Janaszek-Seydlitz

translated by: Beata Murzyn