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instead and the arsenal was then converted to a place of temporary detention of common criminals, rather than the political prisoners held in the citadel. After Poland regained her independence, the building continued to serve as a police precinct but was in dire need of renovation. Between 1935 and
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resistance organization conducted one of its most spectacular actions by liberating a number of political prisoners being transferred by the
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of 1794, the building was a scene of heavy fighting between the Polish Army and civilians, and the
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