Alfons Zgrzebniok

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Alfons Zgrzebniok in 1930s

Alfons Alfred Zgrzebniok (also known by his codename Rakoczy; 16 August 1891 – 31 January 1937) was a Polish teacher, activist, and politician from

Second Silesian Uprising. He was the recipient of several awards and several schools and other landmarks in Poland
are named after him. He has also been the subject of a number of poems and songs.

Biography

Alfons Zgrzebniok in the Polish Army uniform

Alfons Zgrzebniok was born on 16 August 1891 in

German Army. By the time the war ended, he was wounded thrice, and he was also promoted to the officer rank of lieutenant.[1]

By late 1918 he joined the

Third Silesian Uprising (2 May – 21 July 1921).[1]

During the

Polish Army. From 1923 he worked as a teacher in a high school in Chorzów; he also wrote a number of articles for the local press. That year he was married to Helena Woźniak. From 1927 he returned to the Polish Army, where until 1931 he was attached to the Polish Delegation to the Free City of Danzig.[1] Near the end of his life, from 1934, he also held the position of the vice-voivode of the Białystok Voivodeship.[1][2]

He died from a

heart attack on 31 January 1937 in Marcinkowice, Nowy Sącz County. He was buried, as per his will, in the Rybnik Cemetery, which houses a section dedicated to the Silesian Insurgents. His funeral was a major event, and has been described as "attended by the entire Polish Silesia".[1]

Awards

During his life he was the recipient of several awards, including:[1]

Remembrance

Several schools and other landmarks in Poland, in particular, Silesia, have been named after him. He was a subject of several poems and songs. Plans to dedicate a plaque in his memory in the school in Chorzów he taught in, in the 1920s, were interrupted by World War II; eventually the plaque was erected in 1992 in that school, now the Zespół Szkół Technicznych Nr 2.[1]

The Opole Voivodeship declared year 2017 to be the Year of Alfons Zgrzebniok in the voivodeship, and a dedicated exhibition was shown in the Museum of the Opole Silesian in Opole [pl].[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Przybyszewski, Kazimierz (2011). "Alfons Alfred Zgrzebniok, pseudonim "Rakoczy" (1891–1937). W sto dwudziestą rocznicę urodzin" (PDF). Rocznik Toruński (in Polish). 38.
  2. ^ a b "Rok ALFONSA ZGRZEBNIOKA 2017 - Muzeum Śląska Opolskiego". muzeum.opole.pl. Retrieved 2019-03-04.

Further reading

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