Tadeusz Lutak

Tadeusz Władysław Lutak (born 29 August 1917), nom de guerre "Pancerz", is a Polish soldier and World War II veteran who participated in the September 1939 campaign and the Polish resistance movement. Before the war he served in the Polish armoured forces; during the German occupation of Poland, he was a member of the Union of Armed Struggle (ZWZ) and later the Home Army (AK).

, Lutak has been reported as the oldest living man in Poland.

Early life Tadeusz Władysław Lutak was born on 29 August 1917 in Żarnowa, the son of Piotr Lutak and Katarzyna, née Dudek. He was one of nine children, having five sisters and three brothers. His father worked as a railway switchman and his mother managed the family farm.

After completing elementary school, Lutak obtained a journeyman qualification in meat processing. In 1937 he volunteered for military service.

In early July 1943, Mikulski's group, including Lutak, joined a Home Army partisan training detachment in the forests near Sołonka. The combined groups conducted military exercises before separating and returning to their respective areas of operation.

Memoirs Lutak's wartime recollections were published in the regional monthly magazine Waga i Miecz in 1991 and 1992.