"We did not allow Hitler to destroy Krakow". The scout Botyan Aleksey Nikolaevich — about rescue of the Polish city

On February 10 103 years to a legend of the Soviet investigation — to Botyan Aleksey Nikolaevich were executed. The group of guerrillas under its command 75 years ago, on January 18, 1945, managed to rescue one of the most beautiful cities of Europe — the Polish Krakow — from destruction by fascist armies. They were going to blow up and flood it together with inhabitants. But these plans were not fated...