Jerzy Zborowski

Jerzy Zborowski
Nickname(s)Jeremi, Kajman Okularnik
Born(1922-07-26)26 July 1922
Warsaw, Second Polish Republic
Died22 September 1944(1944-09-22) (aged 22)
Warsaw, General Government
Buried
Powązki Military Cemetery
AllegianceHome Army
Service / branchGrey Ranks
Rank Porucznik (First lieutenant)
UnitParasol Battalion
CommandsCommander of the Battalion
Battles / warsWarsaw Uprising
Awards Silver Cross of Virtuti Militari
Officer's Cross of Polonia Restituta
Cross of Valour (twice)
Gold Cross of Merit with Swords


Jerzy Eugeniusz Zborowski (nom de guerre: Jeremi, Jurek, Jurek Kowalski, Kajman Okularnik, Jurek Żoliborski) was born on 26 July 1922 in Warsaw and died in September 1944 in Warsaw, Poland). Zborowski was a partisan during Operation Arsenal and the assassin of Franz Bürkl in 1943.[1]

He was a Polish Scoutmaster (harcmistrz), scouting resistance activist, porucznik of the Armia Krajowa and commander of the Battalion Parasol during the Warsaw Uprising. He was wounded during the Uprising and captured by the Germans. His subsequent fate remains unknown, he is assumed to have been murdered by the Germans.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b "Powstańcze Biogramy - Jerzy Zborowski". www.1944.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-12-09.


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