Warsaw 1920 Quotes

“The democratic and civic instinct in that part of Europe today is largely the product of the two decades of freedom secured by Piłsudski and his armies on the Vistula in 1920.”
― Adam Zamoyski, Warsaw 1920: Lenin’s Failed Conquest of Europe

“They desecrated and defiled churches and country houses, in which they could find little worth taking (the universal calling card of a visit by Red soldiers was shit - on furniture, on paintings, on beds, on carpets, in books, in drawers, on plates). They also looted shops, often leaving most of the booty, which was of no use to them, outside in the dirt. As well as killing obvious ‘enemies of the people’ such as priests and landowners, they also raped and murdered civilians at random. Their”
― Adam Zamoyski, Warsaw 1920: Lenin’s Failed Conquest of Europe: Lenin's Failed Conquest of Europe