Jerzy Zborowski

Jerzy Zborowski
Jerzy Zborowski
Nickname(s)	Jeremi, Kajman Okularnik
Born	26 July 1922; Warsaw, Second Polish Republic
Died	22 September 1944 (aged 22); Warsaw, General Government
Buried	Powązki Military Cemetery
Allegiance	Home Army
Service / branch	Grey Ranks
Rank	Porucznik (First lieutenant)
Unit	Parasol Battalion
Commands	Commander of the Battalion
Battles / wars	Warsaw Uprising
Awards	Silver Cross of Virtuti Militari; Officer's Cross of Polonia Restituta; Cross of Valour (twice); Gold Cross of Merit with Swords

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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.^[1]

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.^[1]

Awards

Cross of Valour (Krzyż Walecznych), twice
Gold Cross of Merit with Swords (Krzyż Zasługi z Mieczami)
Silver Cross of Virtuti Militari

References

^ ^a ^b "Powstańcze Biogramy - Jerzy Zborowski". www.1944.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-12-09.

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[:0-1] "Powstańcze Biogramy - Jerzy Zborowski". www.1944.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-12-09.

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