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Tadeusz Leon Józef Zawadzki (Polish: [taˈdɛ.uʐ zaˈvat͡skʲi]; January 24, 1921 – August 20, 1943) was a Polish scout instructor, scoutmaster, Home Army second lieutenant, commander of assault groups in Warsaw, one of the protagonists of Aleksander Kamiński's book Kamienie na szaniec. Because of his beautiful, girlish appearance, he was given the nickname "Zośka", meaning "Sophia".
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Tadeusz Leon Józef Zawadzki (Polish: [taˈdɛ.uʐ zaˈvat͡skʲi]; January 24, 1921 – August 20, 1943) was a Polish scout instructor, scoutmaster, Home Army second lieutenant, commander of assault groups in Warsaw, one of the protagonists of Aleksander Kamiński's book Kamienie na szaniec. Because of his beautiful, girlish appearance, he was given the nickname "Zośka", meaning "Sophia".
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Biography Zawadzki was born on January 24, 1921, in Warsaw as a son of Józef Zawadzki, a chemist engineer, professor, dean of the Faculty of Chemistry and rector of the Warsaw University of Technology, and later vice-rector of the secret Warsaw University of Technology, who was active in the Union of Retaliation under the alias "Juliusz", and Leona (née Siemieńska), a teacher and educational activist. Zawadzki was born in a tenement house at 58 Piękna Street. In the mid-1930s, the family moved to a flat on the ground floor of the so-called Professors' House at 75 Koszykowa Street, which was a part of the Polytechnic's buildings complex. During summer the Zawadzki family often stayed in their house at Queen Hedwig Street 11 in Zalesie Dolne. Tadeusz Zawadzki began his studies at the Private School of the Society of the Mazovian School at Klonowa Street 16. In September 1933, he began his education at Stefan Batory State Gymnasium in Warsaw. In "Batory", Zawadzki continued his education in high school, in a class with mathematical and physical profile. Later soldiers of Warsaw Assault Groups: Jan Bytnar, Aleksy Dawidowski and Jan Wuttke studied in the same class. From the Autumn of 1933, Zawadzki…
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Participant During the night from December 31, 1942, to January 1, 1943, Zawadzki took part in the Operation "Wieniec II" – commanded a patrol that had blown up a railway passage near Kraśnik, On January 16, 1943, Zawadzki commanded the execution of a death sentence on Ludwik Herbert at 26 Walecznych Street (Herbert informed the Gestapo about Andrzej Honowski, who ran a conspiratorial explosives factory for Kedyw KG AK at Asfaltowa Street 12, who was later murdered), On February 2, 1943, Zawadzki took part in the evacuation of underground materials from Jan Błoński's apartment at 23 Bracka Street, and from that month, since "Jerzy", threatened with arrest, had left Warsaw, "Zośka", in addition to being the commander of Warsaw's Special Units, also became the commander of Unit "Jerzy". On March 26, 1943, Zawadzki commanded a group named "Attack" during Operation Arsenal ("Mexico II"), when 21 prisoners, including his friend Jan Bytnar "Rudy", were liberated from the hands of the Gestapo. In May 1943, he received the Cross of Valour for taking part in this operation. On May 6, 1943, he participated (as an observer) in an attempt to kidnap SS-Oberscharführer Herbert Schultz (the Gestapo investigator of assault groups), which ended…
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Commander The liberation of prisoners in Celestynów during the night of May 19–20, 1943 (in the presence of Captain "Mietek" – Mieczysław Kurkowski, the direct supervisor of the Special Unit "Jerzy" in Kedyw KG AK, who supervised the action, which was an officer's exam for "Zośka"), Blowing up a railway bridge near Czarnocin over Wolbórka river on the night of June 5/6, 1943.
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Decorations Silver Cross of Order of Virtuti Militari Commander's Cross with Star of Order of Polonia Restituta (posthumously in 2009). Cross of Valour (twice in 1943).
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Honors The commemorative plaque in the Main Hall in the main building of the Warsaw University of Technology unveiled on October 28, 1981. A commemorative plaque on the side wall of the Professors' House at 75 Koszykowa Street, where Tadeusz Zawadzki lived with his parents and sister. A free-standing plaque in the village of Sieczychy, where Zośka died on August 20, 1943 In 2017, the local authorities of Piaseczno and the ZHP Warsaw Banner decided to purchase a wooden house in Zalesie Dolne, which from 1929 belonged to the Zawadzki's family, and where meetings and training sessions of the Grey Ranks were held during the occupation. An education centre is to be established in the building