Juliusz Bogdan Deczkowski

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Juliusz Bogdan Deczkowski
Born (1924-04-20)April 20, 1924
Poland
Died June 22, 1998(1998-06-22) (aged 74)
Poland
Occupation Soldier during World War II, and later an engineer and inventor
Deczkowski after release from Pawiak prison, March 1942

Juliusz Bogdan Deczkowski "Laudański" (20 April 1924, Bydgoszcz – 22 June 1998, Ciechocinek) was a noted Polish soldier during World War II, and later an engineer and inventor.

Life

Deczkowski left school in 1939, the year of the September Campaign, and joined the Home Army. During the invasion, he became a runner with the Polish Scouting Association, which was then operating as the underground Szare Szeregi. In 1944, he took part in the Warsaw Uprising as a member of the Batalion Zośka, and in 1949 he was arrested by the Polish security service and sentenced by a military court to 5 years in prison. In November 1953, he graduated from the Warsaw University of Technology and became an inventor of medical equipment.

He published in Poland two books of memoirs "Wspomnienia żołnierza baonu AK "Zośka" and "Wróbel" z "Kamieni na szaniec".

Soldiers of "Zośka" batalion on Wola during the Warsaw Uprising in centre Juliusz Bogdan Deczkowski. The other two men in this photo were killed during the uprising.

Works

  • Juliusz Bogdan Deczkowski "Pamiętniki żołnierzy baonu "Zośka" I edition - 1957, VI edition in 1997 ISBN 83-10-07687-8
  • Juliusz Bogdan Deczkowski "Wspomnienia żołnierza baonu AK "Zośka", Instytut PAN, 1998 ISBN 83-88909-18-5
  • Juliusz Bogdan Deczkowski "Wróbel" z "Kamieni na szaniec", Ascon, 1992 ISBN 83-87545-23-6

See also

  • List of Poles

Internet

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