Maciej Aleksy Dawidowski

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Maciej Aleksy Dawidowski
ps. "Alek"
Born	November 3, 1920 Drohobycz, Poland
Died	March 30, 1943 Warsaw, Poland

Maciej Aleksy Dawidowski codename: Alek, Glizda, Kopernicki, Koziorożec (b. November 3, 1920 in Drohobycz - March 30, 1943 in Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish Scoutmaster (podharcmistrz), Polish Scouting resistance activist and Second Lieutenant of the Armia Krajowa during the Second World War. Hero of the book Kamienie na Szaniec by Aleksander Kamiński.

In 1939 he was member of PLAN, in 1940 he became member of Szare Szeregi and Wawer. He took part in several sabotage actions against the German forces, among others. He removed the German language plaques beneath the Warsaw statue of Copernicus on February 11, 1942.

Injured during the so-called Arsenal action on March 26, 1943 he died four days later.

He was awarded posthumous Virtuti Militari V class.

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