Warsaw today is a thriving European capital. But beneath its skyline lies the trauma of a city nearly wiped from existence.<br /><br />"Warsaw was like a pile of ruins – nearly nothing here, especially in the center," historian Krzysztof Mordyński told CGTN. "But people returned to the city. People returned themselves. Nobody told them to."<br /><br />The choice was to rebuild as new, or to try and salvage what was destroyed. Mordyński understands the balance:<br /><br />"We wanted to keep... the identity, tradition of Warsaw, so for the people, for the pre-war inhabitants to feel still like they are living in Warsaw," he explained. CGTN's Peter Oliver reports.<br /><br />#WW2 #Poland #Europe #Warsaw
