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Jan Rodowicz (7 March 1923 – 7 January 1949), alias "Anoda", was a Polish scout, soldier of the Grey Ranks, the Home Army and of the Armed Forces' Delegation, lieutenant.
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Jan Rodowicz (7 March 1923 – 7 January 1949), alias "Anoda", was a Polish scout, soldier of the Grey Ranks, the Home Army and of the Armed Forces' Delegation, lieutenant.
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Youth Rodowicz was a son of Kazimierz Rodowicz, an engineer and professor at the Warsaw University of Technology, and Zofia Bortnowska, sister of General Władysław Bortnowski. He attended the Private School of the Society of the Mazovian Land, where he became a member of the 21st Warsaw Scouting Team named after General Ignacy Prądzyński. In the years 1935-1939, Rodowicz attended the Stefan Batory State Gymnasium and Lyceum, where he passed his so-called small matura exam in the spring of 1939. During that time Rodowicz continued his scouting activity in the ranks of the 23rd Warsaw Scouting Team "Bolesław Chrobry" - famous "Orangery", where he met many legendary members of the Grey Ranks, including Tadeusz Zawadzki, Aleksy Dawidowski and Jan Bytnar. Rodowicz obtained the rank of petty scoutmaster.
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German occupation After the defeat of the Polish army during the September campaign, Rodowicz became involved in underground activity and became a member of the Grey Ranks in October 1939. He participated in many small sabotage operations within the Wawer organization. At the same time, attended secret classes of the Batory Junior High School. He passed his matura exam in 1941. Rodowicz then took up a job in the electrical workshop of engineer Tadeusz Czarnecki, and then in the Radio Workshop of Philips. In 1941, after completing a course in mechanical and electrical engineering, he began his studies at the Secondary School of Electrical Engineering, which he graduated from in 1943, Rodowicz continuously maintained his underground activity. From July to December 1942, he took part in the second turn of the Substitute Course of the Officers' School of Infantry Reserves ZWZ-AK "Agricola", after which he obtained the rank of platoon officer cadet. Rodowicz had also completed courses in combat training and a great diversion. In November 1942 he became the deputy commander of the 2nd team of Feliks Pendelski alias "Felek" at the Centre Troup of Grey Ranks Assault Groups. Rodowicz took an active part in many combat operations: 26…
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Participation in the Warsaw Uprising During the uprising Rodowicz initially fought in the Wola District as a deputy commander of the 3rd platoon "Felek" of the 2nd company "Rudy" of the "Zośka" Battalion, which was a part of the group of Kedyw KG AK commanded by Colonel Jan Mazurkiewicz "Radosław". On 2 August, together with the 2nd and 4th platoon teams "Felek", Rodowicz took part in the occupation of the school building at 13 Spokojna Street in the vicinity of the Powazki Cemetery. He was particularly notable for his fight for the cemeteries on 8 August, during the counteroffensive of the "Felek" platoon, led from the Evangelical Cemetery in the direction of Mlynarska and Sołtyka Streets. The platoon forced the Germans out of the cemetery and began to occupy parts of Sołtyka and Młynarska Streets, and at the same time capturing significant amounts of weapons and inflicting large losses on the enemy. On 9 August, Rodowicz was seriously injured in his left lung during an attack on the school building at 13 Spokojna Street. He was transported to the John of God Hospital at 12 Bonifraterska Street in the Old Town, and then to the battalion hospital at 23 Miodowa…
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Post-war period After a long treatment in the Otwock hospital, Rodowicz came to his family in Milanówek at the beginning of 1945. There, he established a contact with his former colleagues from the "Zośka" Battalion, who survived the Warsaw Uprising, including Henryk Kozłowski "Kmita", former acting commander of the 1st company "Maciek". Thanks to him, Rodowicz became the commander of the dispatch unit of the Head of the Central District of the Delegation of the Armed Forces, Colonel J. Mazurkiewicz. Rodowicz led propaganda campaigns against the communist government, gathered information on public security offices, prisons and protected briefings of the DAF command. In August 1945, after the dissolution of the DAF and his unit, Rodowicz hid some of the weapons. He then moved to Warsaw, where his family received an apartment. He took care of former soldiers of the "Zośka" Battalion, exhumations and funerals of killed comrades in the Powązki Cemetery and also created designated insurgent quarters. On September 19, as a result of the call of Col. J. Mazurkiewicz, Rodowicz revealed himself in front of the Liquidation Committee of the former Home Army Central District. He worked briefly in the office of the Liquidation Committee. Rodowicz used this time…
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Decorations The Cross of Valour (twice: April 1943 and April 1944). Order of Virtutti Militari Class V (11 August 1944) The Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (posthumously, by the decision of President Lech Wałęsa of 25 July 1994, "for outstanding achievements in the fight for the independence of the Republic of Poland"). The Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (posthumously, by the decision of President Lech Kaczyński of 7 July 2008 "for outstanding merits for the independence of the Republic of Poland", the ceremony took place on 3 August during the celebration of the 64th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising).
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Honors He is the patron of the 265th Warsaw "Czata" Scouting Team and the 1st "Las" Scouting Team in Murowana Goślina (ZHR). He is also the patron of 129 Bialystok Senior Scouting Team. Memorial plaque on the first floor of the building of the Faculty of Architecture of the Warsaw University of Technology at 55 Koszykowa Street A commemorative plaque at the Ministry of Justice. In September 2005 his name was given to the street in the Ursynów district, Warsaw. In 2013, a memorial stone was unveiled on a strip between the roads (near an intersection with Ciszewskiego Street). His name was given to the street in Łódź, in the Teofilów neighborhood. He is the patron of the Second Veil of Scouting and Cub Teams from the ZHP Poznań-Wilda Troup. In 2011, the Museum of the Warsaw Uprising established the Jan Rodowicz "Anoda" Award, awarded in two categories: for the entirety of achievements and attitude to life, which is an example to follow for the younger generations, and for an exceptional act In 2018, a memorial plaque was installed on the house at Lwowska 7 in Warsaw, where he lived and was arrested by the Security Office.