About Jerzy Zborowski
Lived 1922 – 1944 (aged 21–22). Jerzy Zborowski was a Polish resistance fighter.
Jerzy Eugeniusz Zborowski (nom de guerre: Jeremi, Jurek, Jurek Kowalski, Kajman Okularnik, Jurek Żoliborski) was born on 26 July 1922 in Warsaw and died in September 1944 in Warsaw, Poland). Zborowski was a partisan during Operation Arsenal and the assassin of Franz Bürkl in 1943.
He was a Polish Scoutmaster (harcmistrz), scouting resistance activist, porucznik of the Armia Krajowa and commander of the Battalion Parasol during the Warsaw Uprising. He was wounded during the Uprising and captured by the Germans. His subsequent fate remains unknown, he is assumed to have been murdered by the Germans.
Awards Cross of Valour (Krzyż Walecznych), twice Gold Cross of Merit with Swords (Krzyż Zasługi z Mieczami) Silver Cross of Virtuti Militari
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Polish resistance leader (1922-1944)
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Jerzy Zborowski was born on 26 July 1922 in Warsaw.
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Jerzy Zborowski died in 1944 in Warsaw.
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Jerzy Zborowski was a resistance fighter.
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Jerzy Zborowski was Polish.
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