Marceli Porowski
Marceli Porowski | |
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![]() Marceli Porowski c. 1941. | |
Mayor of Warsaw | |
In office 5 August 1944 – 2 October 1944 | |
Preceded by | Julian Kulski |
Succeeded by | Marian Spychalski |
Personal details | |
Born | Wola Bystrzycka, Congress Poland, Russian Empire (now part of Poland) | 4 February 1894
Died | 22 October 1963 Warsaw, Poland | (aged 69)
Alma mater | Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University |
Marceli Porowski (4 February 1894 – 21 October 1963) was a Polish government official. From 5 August 1944 to 2 October 1944, he was the mayor of Warsaw, in an area controlled by the partisants during the Warsaw Uprising.
Biography
Marceli Porowski was born on 4 February 1894, in Wola Bystrzycka, Congress Poland, Russian Empire. He was a son of Marceli Porkowski and Helena Porkowska. His father died from typhus before he was born.[1][2]
Marceli has attended to gymnasiums in Biała Podlaska and Suwałki, and graduated in 1911. From 1912 to 1918, he studied economics at the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.[1][2]
From May 1919 to 1929, he worked in the Department of the Local Government of the
From 1 September 1929, he was the director of the office of the Polish Towns Association, and following the change of the organization by-laws in 1931, its director until September 1939. From 1930, he edited Samorząd Miejski, which was the organization press publication. From 1935, he was the deputy director of the General Council of the International Cities Association.[5]
On 16 September 1939, during the Siege of Warsaw laid by the German forces, Porowski was appointed by Stefan Starzyński, the Civil Commissioner of the Warsaw Defence Command, to be the representative of the District Commissioner Office of Praga-South.[5]
Under the
Following the end of the
In June 1950, he was fired from the Ministry of Municipal Economy, and begun working in the Central Administration of the Project Offices of the Municipal Construction in Warsaw, and later, he worked as the senior inspector in the Kraków branch. He retired in September 1951.[7]
On 8 December 1951, Porowski was arrested for his activity during the war, and on 10 February 1953, he received the death sentence. In May 1955, he was released from prison, and in 1957, he was rehabilitated.[8]
Porowski died on 21 October 1963 in Warsaw, Poland.[1] He was buried at the Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw, in the grave no. 221-5-14.[9][10]
Legacy and commemoration
On 2 August 2010, Jadwiga Porowska, Marceli Porowski's daughter-in-law, handed over his documents to Ryszard Wojtkowski, the director of the Warsaw National Archives. Among the document, there were his diary notes from the time of German occupation and Warsaw Uprising, the death sentence documents, prison mail, and articles wrote after he was realised from the prison.[11]
On 6 October 2010 was released the book about Porowski, titled Marceli Porowski. Prezydent Powstańczej Warszawy (Marceli Porowski. Mayor of Warsaw during the Uprising), written by historian Marian Marek Drozdowski.[1]
On 10 November 2010, Porowski was posthumously awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.[12]
On 16 November 2011, on the façade of the Jabłonowski Palace, former city hall of Warsaw, was placed the commemorative plaque dedicated to Marceli Porowski.[13]
Orders and decorations
- Gold Cross of Merit (11 January 1928)[14]
- Medal for the 10th Anniversary of Regaining Independence (27 September 1928)[4]
- Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (10 November 2010; posthumously)[12]
References
- ^ a b c d e Marian Marek Drozdowski: Marceli Porowski. Prezydent Powstańczej Warszawy. Warsaw, 2010. ISBN 978-83-87124-80-9. (in Polish)
- ^ a b Andrzej Krzysztof Kunert: Słownik biograficzny konspiracji warszawskiej 1939–1944. Warsaw, 1987. ISBN 83-211-0739-7. (in Polish)
- ^ Marian Marek Drozdowski: Marceli Porowski. Prezydent Powstańczej Warszawy. Warsaw, 2010, p. 42. ISBN 978-83-87124-80-9. (in Polish)
- ^ a b Stanisław Łoza (editor): Czy wiesz kto to jest? Uzupełnienia i sprostowania. Warsaw, 1939, p. 244. (in Polish)
- ^ a b c Andrzej Krzysztof Kunert: Słownik biograficzny konspiracji warszawskiej 1939–1944. Warsaw, 1987, p. 131. ISBN 83-211-0739-7. (in Polish)
- ^ Marian Marek Drozdowski: Marceli Porowski. Prezydent Powstańczej Warszawy. Warsaw, 2010, p. 250. ISBN 978-83-87124-80-9. (in Polish)
- ^ Marian Marek Drozdowski: Marceli Porowski. Prezydent Powstańczej Warszawy. Warsaw, 2010, p. 267–271. ISBN 978-83-87124-80-9. (in Polish)
- ^ "Odnaleziono archiwum z wyrokiem śmierci na prezydenta". warszawa.wyborcza.pl (in Polish). 2 August 2010.
- ^ Cmentarz Powązkowski w Warszawie. Warsaw: Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza, 1984. ISBN 83-03-00758-0. (in Polish)
- ^ "Cmentarz Stare Powązki: Porowcy". cmentarze.um.warszawa.pl (in Polish).
- ^ "Marceli Porowski". warszawa.ap.gov.pl (in Polish).
- ^ a b "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 10 listopada 2010 r. o nadaniu orderów". isap.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish).
- ^ "Odsłonięto tablicę ku czci prezydenta Marcelego Porowskiego". um.warszawa.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2011-11-19.
- ^ Monitor Polski z 1928 roku, no. 12, position 13. Warsaw: 1928. (in Polisg)