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Andrzej Romocki, the Glossary

Andrzej Romocki, codename "Morro" (16 April 1923 - 15 September 1944, was a Polish Scoutmaster (harcmistrz) who attained the rank of captain in the Armia Krajowa (Polish Home Army, AK) during World War II. Romocki was active in the Szare Szeregi (Gray Ranks) organisation from 1940 onwards and during the Warsaw Uprising he was the commander of the Rudy Company of the AK Zośka Battalion.^[1]

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Recipients of the Armia Krajowa Cross

Żoliborz

Żoliborz is one of the northern districts of the city of Warsaw.

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Cross of the Home Army

The Cross of the Home Army (Krzyż Armii Krajowej) is a Polish military decoration that was introduced by General Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski on 1 August 1966 to commemorate the efforts of the soldiers of the Polish Secret State between 1939 and 1945.

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Cross of Valour (Poland)

The Cross of Valour (Krzyż Walecznych) is a Polish military decoration. Andrzej Romocki and Cross of Valour (Poland) are Recipients of the Cross of Valour (Poland).

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Czerniaków

Czerniaków is a neighbourhood of the city of Warsaw, located within the borough of Mokotów, between the escarpment of the Vistula river and the river itself.

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Gęsiówka

Gęsiówka is the colloquial Polish name for a prison that once existed on Gęsia ("Goose") Street in Warsaw, Poland, and which, under German occupation during World War II, became a Nazi concentration camp.

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Goliath tracked mine

The Goliath tracked mine (German: Leichter Ladungsträger Goliath, "Goliath Light Charge Carrier") was a series of two unmanned ground vehicles used by the German Army as disposable demolition vehicles during World War II.

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Grey Ranks

"Grey Ranks" (Szare Szeregi) was a codename for the underground paramilitary Polish Scouting Association (Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego) during World War II.

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Home Army

The Home Army (Armia Krajowa,; abbreviated AK) was the dominant resistance movement in German-occupied Poland during World War II.

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Jan Bytnar

Jan Roman Bytnar, nom de guerre "Rudy" (Ginger) (born 6 May 1921, Kolbuszowa, Poland – died 30 March 1943, Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish scoutmaster, a member of Polish scouting anti-Nazi resistance, and a lieutenant in the Home Army during the Second World War. Andrzej Romocki and Jan Bytnar are Burials at Powązki Military Cemetery, Polish Army officers and Polish Scouts and Guides.

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Jan Romocki

Jan Romocki codename: Bonawentura (17 April 1925 – 18 August 1944) was a Polish Scoutmaster (podharcmistrz), Second Lieutenant of AK-Szare Szeregi, poet and younger brother of fellow resistance figure Andrzej "Morro" Romocki. Andrzej Romocki and Jan Romocki are Polish Army officers, Polish Scouts and Guides, Polish resistance members of World War II, Recipients of the Armia Krajowa Cross, Recipients of the Cross of Valour (Poland), Recipients of the Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari, resistance members killed by Nazi Germany and Warsaw Uprising insurgents.

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Jews

The Jews (יְהוּדִים) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites of the ancient Near East, and whose traditional religion is Judaism.

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Joseph Stalin

Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Soviet politician and revolutionary who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953.

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Old Town, Warsaw

Warsaw Old Town, also known as Old Town, and historically known as Old Warsaw,Encyklopedia Warszawy.

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Poland

Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.

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Polish People's Army

The Polish People's Army (Ludowe Wojsko Polskie,; LWP) constituted the second formation of the Polish Armed Forces in the East in 1943–1945, and in 1945–1989 the armed forces of the Polish communist state (from 1952, the Polish People's Republic), ruled by the Polish Workers' Party and then the Polish United Workers' Party.

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Ranks in Polish Scouting

Ranks in Polish Scouting are common to the majority of Scouting organisations in Poland, including the two most popular organisations.

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Virtuti Militari

The War Order of Virtuti Militari (Latin: "For Military Virtue", Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari) is Poland's highest military decoration for heroism and courage in the face of the enemy at war.

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Vistula

The Vistula (Wisła,, Weichsel) is the longest river in Poland and the ninth-longest in Europe, at in length.

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Warsaw

Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and largest city of Poland. Andrzej Romocki and Warsaw are Recipients of the Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari.

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Warsaw Uprising

The Warsaw Uprising (powstanie warszawskie; Warschauer Aufstand), sometimes referred to as the August Uprising (powstanie sierpniowe), was a major World War II operation by the Polish underground resistance to liberate Warsaw from German occupation.

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Wola

Wola is a district in western Warsaw, Poland.

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Wola massacre

The Wola massacre (lit) was the systematic killing of between 40,000 and 50,000 Poles in the Wola neighbourhood of the Polish capital city, Warsaw, by the German Waffen-SS and fellow Axis collaborators in the Azerbaijani Legion, as well as the predominantly-Russian RONA forces, which took place from 5 to 12 August 1944.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Zośka Battalion

Battalion Zośka (pronounced /'zɔɕ.ka/; 'Sophie' in Polish) was a paramilitary scouts battalion that specialized in field intelligence gathering, irregular warfare and scouting of the Polish resistance movement organisation - Home Army (Armia Krajowa or "AK") during World War II.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrzej_Romocki