Florian Marciniak
Florian Marciniak | |
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 ps. "Jerzy Nowak" | |
| Born | (1915-05-04)4 May 1915 Gorzyce, Kościan County, partitioned Poland |
| Died | 20/21 February 1944 (aged 28) Gross-Rosen concentration camp |
| Occupation | Polish scoutmaster (harcmistrz) |
Florian Marciniak (codenames: Jerzy Nowak, Nowak, J.Krzemień, Szary, Flo; 4 May 1915 in Gorzyce, Kościan County – 20/21 February 1944 in Gross-Rosen) was a Polish scoutmaster (harcmistrz), and the first Naczelnik (Chief Scout) of the paramilitary scouting resistance organization, the Szare Szeregi, during the Second World War.[1]
Marciniak was a graduate of St. John Cantius High School in Poznań. He was arrested by the Gestapo on 6 May 1943 and murdered in February 1944 at the Gross-Rosen concentration camp.
References
- ^ Roszkowski, Wojciech; Kofman, Jan (8 July 2016). Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-47593-4.
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