Jerzy Gawin

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Jerzy Gawin
Born20 September 1922
Died23 September 1944
Parent(s)-Marcel Gawin
-Janina z Koszelików (Gawin)

Jerzy Gawin otherwise known as "Słoń" (Polish for elephant),

Batalion Zośka during Operation Arsenal and died in the Warsaw Uprising.[2][3] He also appeared a number of times in Polish literature, most notably in Aleksander Kamiński's Stones for the Rampart.[4]

Biography

Born on 20 September 1922 in

Batalion Zośka and died on 23 September 1944, during army's backup from Czarniakowo.[9][10] His body hasn't been found, though a few people claim to have found without the actual evidence.[citation needed
]

References

  1. ^ www.rawelin.foxnet.pl http://www.rawelin.foxnet.pl/zopa/slon.htm. Retrieved 27 January 2020. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ "Biogramy". Batalion Zośka (in Polish). 20 October 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Powstańcze Biogramy - Jerzy Gawin". www.1944.pl. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Słoń zginął po Dniu chwały największej baonu "Zośka"". salon24.pl (in Polish). 22 September 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Jerzy Gawin". timenote.info. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Jerzy Gawin". timenote.info. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Powstańcze Biogramy - Jerzy Gawin". www.1944.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 28 January 2020.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "Jerzy Gawin". placenote.info. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  9. ^ "Jerzy Gawin". placenote.info. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  10. ^ "Wirtualny Mur Pamięci". www.1944.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 28 January 2020.