Elżbieta Zawacka – Brigadier General Parachute Jumper university professor educational film

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Elżbieta Zawacka, known also by her war-time nom de guerre Zo, was a Polish university professor, scouting instructor, SOE agent and a freedom fighter during World War II. She was promoted to brigadier general of the Polish Army (the second woman in the history of the Polish Army to hold this rank) by President Lech Kaczyński on 3 May 2006.Sometimes called the only woman among the Cichociemni , she served as a courier for the Home Army, carrying letters and other documents from Nazi-occupied Poland to the Polish government in exile in London and back. Her regular route ran from Warsaw through Berlin and Sweden to London. She was also responsible for organizing routes for other couriers of the Home Army. • In 1944 Zawacka fought in the Warsaw Uprising, and after its defeat moved to Kraków, where she continued her underground activities. In 1945 she joined the anti-Communist organization Freedom and Independence (WiN), but quit soon afterwards and took up a teaching job. • SEE a website dedicated to the project 👉 https://szlakinadziei.ipn.gov.pl/ • 🔔 SUBSCRIBE to IPNtv and stay up to date 👉 https://bit.ly/30XgzUe • #Zawacka #Cichociemni #Anders #Maczek #Sosabowski #Polskie Siły ZbrojnenaZachodzie #Poland #1944 #history #patriotism #education #TrailsOfHope #OdysseyOfFreedom #IPN #September1939 #London #Emigration #WarsawUprising #Women'shistory #BraveWoman

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