| HEROES OF THE POLISH UNDERGROUND |
It would be humanly impossible to list the names of all the heroes of the Polish Underground - there were so many Polish men, women, and children who risked their lives for freedom and for justice. Many of them are no longer living, and those who are still with us, wish to remain anonymous. Sadly, we shall never know their names, or see their faces. My website is dedicated to these people - to honour their immense sacrifice, and service to humanity. These are but a handful of heroic Poles, but we know that there are many many more... |
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| Kazimierz Leski |
| Witold Pilecki |
| Elzbieta Zawacka |
| Jan Kozielski |
| Antoni Kocjan |
| Kazimierz Leski Code name: Bradl He was an outstanding officer of the Intelligence Service, and travelled throughout Europe as " Wermacht General von Hallman". Elzbieta Zawacka Code name: Zo She was a courier for the Home Army, and the only woman trained in English by the Polish Parachute Brigade. She parachuted into Poland in 1943, and was decorated by the British and the Poles with the Virtuti Militari Medal; In 1996 she received the Order White Eagle, the highest Polish decoration. Jan Kozielski Code name: Karski He was a courier for the Home Army, and travelled to London in 1942 with an urgent report about the persecution of the Poles and the Jews, the ghettos, and the death camps. He was awarded with the Virtuti Military. Antoni Kocjan He was in charge of a special section of the Intelligence Service of the Home Army. Kocjan was the one who located the base of the manufacturing plant of Hitlers' V-1 and V-2 rockets on Usedom Island and sent a report to England about it. The RAF bombed the plant on September 17, 1943 Zofia Rap-Kochanka Code name: Marie Springer She organized a Polish Intelligence network situated within Germany itself. Tadeusz Garlinski Code name: Ordowaz He was in charge of action "submarine" in the Philips factory. He used a special substance that caused corrosion of the radios used in German submarines. The damage deveolped gradually, so that by the time the ships were well out to sea, it was to late for the Germans to resolve the problem. Witold Pilecki He founded the Tajna Armia Polska (Secret Polish Army), a resistance movement, and operated under various code names: Rman Jezierski, Tomasz, Serfinski, Druh, Witold. He deliberately entered a Warsaw street that was being targeted for roundup, and had himself arrested with some 2,000 other Polish civilians, and sent to Auschwitz. There, he used a secret radio transmitter, than was hidden in the camp, to make frequent reports to the Allies about German atrocities. Inside Auschwitz Pilecki organized a resistance movement, the ZOW, numbering about 1,000 inmates. He hoped that the Allies would liberate them. The Gestapo found the members of ZOW and had them executed. Pilecki hoped that the Allies would liberate them..... |
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