Juliusz Bogdan Deczkowski

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Juliusz Bogdan Deczkowski
Warsaw uprising. Juliusz Bogdan Deczkowski is in the centre. The other two men in this photo were killed during the uprising.
Born(1924-04-20)20 April 1924
Died22 June 1998(1998-06-22) (aged 74)
Occupation(s)Soldier during World War II, and later an engineer and inventor

Juliusz Bogdan Deczkowski "Laudański" (20 April 1924 in Bydgoszcz – 22 June 1998 in Ciechocinek) was a noted Polish soldier during World War II, and later an engineer and inventor, as well as writer.[1]

Life

Deczkowski left school in 1939, the year of the

Batalion Zośka
.

In 1949, during the darkest years of

Polish security service and in 1950, he was convicted and sentenced by a military court to 5 years in prison. After the death of Joseph Stalin, he was released from prison on March 23, 1953. After his release, he graduated from the Warsaw University of Technology in November 1953, and became an inventor of medical equipment. On December 29, 1956, the Supreme Court of Poland
rehabilitated him, clearing his name from his 1950 conviction.

He published in Poland two books of wartime memoirs "Wspomnienia żołnierza baonu AK "Zośka" and "Wróbel" z "Kamieni na szaniec".

Works

See also

  • List of Poles

References