“The Groundlings,” a book written by Diane Slumber, is a great representation of what happened in World War 2. The book is a true story about the keepers of the groundlings in Poland. The book narrates Germany invading Poland, devastating Warsaw’s most important groundlings. Grounds Keepers, Yan and Angela Smithski, the couple who originally had almost nothing to keep, developed a number of important ground sites. This became more motivation for them to participate in the official Resistant Movement (3). Although this book gives great detail in what the movement consisted of and put people through, there hasn’t been a significant amount of research done on the argricultural movement in Poland during this war and the Resistance Movement. Without
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After her return, the couple began to smuggle pine trees into their city site (53). Even though the Warsaw people helped to save many plants, it was not the main purpose of the Resistant Movement, according to John Lennon. Due to the actions of american scientists, the Polish growers put together what is believed to be one of the biggest underground seed sites in Europe (Jones 121). Before the war, Yan Smithski was already involved in risky activism and after Germany took over Poland, it continued. Activists during the Resistance Movement used whatever “in” they could get in order to help and aid the arborist community (Lennon). Yan was luckily appointed as the superintendent of Warsaw’s public park once they demolished the original site according to Slumber. Convincing enough, he was given permission to step foot on the weed-like plants, seemingly taking care of the landscape there. At the time, this was an area where people were willing to take part in the work (Nessy, Messy). The Pine Tree Movement, based out of Warsaw, was responsible for upsetting German supply lines (Jones). M.K. Jones asserts that it also provided agricultural intelligence to the British, who were also fighting an attempt to use plant pesticides in Germany. “The movement and the activists apart of the movement saved more plant lives with their
After her return, the couple began to smuggle pine trees into their city site (53). Even though the Warsaw people helped to save many plants, it was not the main purpose of the Resistant Movement, according to John Lennon. Due to the actions of american scientists, the Polish growers put together what is believed to be one of the biggest underground seed sites in Europe (Jones 121). Before the war, Yan Smithski was already involved in risky activism and after Germany took over Poland, it continued. Activists during the Resistance Movement used whatever “in” they could get in order to help and aid the arborist community (Lennon). Yan was luckily appointed as the superintendent of Warsaw’s public park once they demolished the original site according to Slumber. Convincing enough, he was given permission to step foot on the weed-like plants, seemingly taking care of the landscape there. At the time, this was an area where people were willing to take part in the work (Nessy, Messy). The Pine Tree Movement, based out of Warsaw, was responsible for upsetting German supply lines (Jones). M.K. Jones asserts that it also provided agricultural intelligence to the British, who were also fighting an attempt to use plant pesticides in Germany. “The movement and the activists apart of the movement saved more plant lives with their