Operation Bürkl
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| Operation Bürkl | |||||||
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| Part of Occupation of Poland (1939–1945) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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AK |
.svg){kind=small} SS | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Jerzy Zborowski |
Franz Bürkl † | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 5 | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| None | 8 killed | ||||||
Operation Bürkl (operacja Bürkl), or the special combat action Bürkl (specjalna akcja bojowa Bürkl), was an operation by the
Operation Heads, a series of assassinations of notorious SS officers in Warsaw carried out by the Kedyw's special group Agat ("Anti-Gestapo") between 1943 and 1944, and their first success.[1]
History
The goal of the operation was to "liquidate"
Pawiak prison in a public execution in reprisal.[2]
References
Bibliography
- Strzembosz, Tomasz (1983). "Akcje zbrojne podziemnej Warszawy 1939–1944" (eng. Armed actions of underground Warsaw 1939-1944) (in Polish). Warszawa: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy. ISBN 8306007174.
See also
External links
- (in Polish) Specjalna operacja bojowa Bürkl
- (in Polish) Specjalna operacja bojowa Bürkl (a different article)