In pictures: Warsaw remembers

1 of 9 Poland is marking 60 years since the Warsaw Uprising against the Nazis

2 of 9 Wreaths are laid at the 1944 Uprising monument built to commemorate the dead.

3 of 9 Some 200,000 people died in the doomed insurrection.

4 of 9 President Aleksander Kwasniewski of Poland said the tragedy of the uprising was its isolation.

5 of 9 Unaided by their allies, the resistance was forced to build its own weaponry - such as this armoured car, the Kubus.

6 of 9 A group of scouts retraced the route through the storm sewers used by insurgents to escape the Nazis.

7 of 9 A cathedral Mass was celebrated to start the ceremonies marking the doomed insurgency.

8 of 9 The remains of veteran General Antoni Chrusciel were brought to Poland from the US for burial to mark the occasion.

9 of 9 It is a time for the young to learn about the terrible sacrifices made by an earlier generation.