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in August 1944. The 383 able-bodied prisoners (including 348 Jews), both men and women who were left in Gęsiówka to assist with the destruction of the evidence of mass murder, were rescued from certain death. Most of these survivors joined the Zośka unit and fought in the Warsaw uprising.
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5 August 1944 in Gęsiówka. The men are dressed in captured German uniforms and armed with confiscated German weapons. From left: Wojciech Omyła "Wojtek",
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paramilitary Boy Scouts. It was formed in late August 1943. A part of the
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in 2 August, an armoured platoon was formed under the command of
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342:Commanding officers during the Warsaw Uprising
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212:which eventually failed. After capturing two
458:sierż. pchor. "Borsuk" Wiesław Brauliński †
533:ppor. phm. "Mały Jędrek" Andrzej Makólski †
173:, the battalion played a major role in the
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586:ppor. hm. "Howerla" Stanisław Kozicki †
468:ppor. phm. "Kindżał" Leszek Kidziński †
453:plut. pchor. "Marian" Marian Bielicki †
318:Other famous Home Army battalions were:
165:. It mainly consisted of members of the
614:sanit. "Zosia Duża" Zofia Krassowska †
569:por. hm. "Giewont" Władysław Cieplak †
537:por. phm. "Xiąże" Andrzej Samsonowicz †
529:ppor. phm "Kołczan" Eugeniusz Koecher †
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970:Units and formations of the Home Army
531:ppor. phm. "Maryśka" Jan Jaworowski †
486:plut. pchor. ppor. por. kpt. "Morro"
204:, from where they allowed the "Rudy"
572:ppor. phm. "Czarny Jaś" Jan Wuttke †
539:ppor. phm. "Lolek" Leonard Pecyna †
436:ppor. "Skalski" Tadeusz Schiffers †
412:ppor. "Skalski" Tadeusz Schiffers †
391:ks. "Ojciec Paweł" Józef Warszawski
535:st. sierż. "Kolka" Czesław Nantel †
515:ppor. "Sielakowa" Jacek Majewski †
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985:Recipients of the Virtuti Militari
574:ppor. hm. "Tadeusz" Jan Kubacki †
564: 3rd Company "Giewont"
441:ppor. "Poraj" Stefan Kowalewski †
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553:por. phm. "Kuba" Konrad Okolski †
385:por. "Jurek TK" Jerzy Pepłowski †
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510:por. phm. "Jerzyk" Jerzy Weil †
498:por. "Florian" Jerzy Jagiełło †
492:plut. pchor., ppor. "Drogosław"
451:ppor. "Zagłoba" Andrzej Sowiński
410:ppor. "Kmita" Henryk Kozłowski †
389:por. "Brzechwa" Roman Grzybowski
383:por. "Szczerba" Jerzy Berowski †
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222:War Order of Virtuti Militari
387:por. "Xen" Bolesław Stańczyk
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422:por. "Tyka" Jerzy Golnik †
220:. The battalion gained the
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696:Jerzy Jagiełło (porucznik)
656:Notable Battalion fighters
477: 2nd Company "
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663:Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński
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640:Platoon "Kolegium A"
623:Tank Platoon "Wacek"
417:1st Platoon "Włodek"
256:– armored platoon of
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774:Kazimierz Wasiłowski
724:Tadeusz Maślonkowski
548:3rd Platoon "Felek"
851:(Internet Archive)
764:Eugeniusz Stasiecki
378:Eugeniusz Stasiecki
747:Eugeniusz Romański
704:Tadeusz Kosudarski
505:1st Platoon "Sad"
370:por. kpt. "Jerzy"
63:Polish Underground
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924:978-83-60464-92-2
890:978-83-60464-92-2
833:978-83-244-0091-1
788:Jan J. Więckowski
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727:Wiktor Matulewicz
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743:Jan Rodowicz
667:Roger Barlet
595:2nd Platoon
581:1st Platoon
463:4th Platoon
446:3rd Platoon
431:2nd Platoon
360:HQ Officers
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98:Close combat
88:Paramilitary
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853:(in Polish)
760:Jan Rossman
756:Jan Romocki
707:Jan Kopałka
692:Jerzy Gawin
136:Engagements
954:Categories
794:References
780:Jan Wuttke
777:Jerzy Weil
354:Commander
54:Allegiance
338:prisons.
177:of 1944.
131:Battalion
77:Home Army
49:1943—1944
289:Gęsiówka
234:Gęsiówka
202:Starówka
200:and the
118:Tracking
206:company
188:History
110:Raiding
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102:HUMINT
69:Branch
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328:Pięść
324:Czata
934:ISBN
920:ISBN
906:ISBN
886:ISBN
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829:ISBN
522:Alek
479:Rudy
336:NKVD
198:Wola
128:Size
94:Role
84:Type
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