Biographical Dictionary
We have begun work on a Biographical Dictionary of Participants in the Zadruga Movement.
All individuals possessing any information or memorabilia related to members of the Zadruga movement are kindly asked to contact us. Scans of photographs are particularly welcome.
Select a letter from the list below to browse the biographies of participants in the Zadruga movement.
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Bator, Feliks Jan Bator, Feliks Jan, son of Józef and Eleonora née Galewska, born on March 17, 1920, in Łódź. Father was a farmer from the Tuszyn area Brueckman, Józef "Jarosław", "Józef Mostnicki" Józef Brueckman… - C-Ć
Czarnowski Maciej "Sławomir" Maciej „Sławomir” Czarnowski was born on February 5, 1910, in Warsaw, son of Stanisław and Kazimiera née Ozga. He spent the years 1915-1918 in Moscow, and then he graduated from a high school with a… - D
Dzięcielewski Włodzimierz Jan, "Jeleń", "Jaksa" Born January 30, 1907, in Fajsławice, Krasnystaw district, son of Adam and Maria. His father worked as a distiller. He graduated from the Primary School in Wołkowysk in 1924. In the years… - F
Felczak Zygmunt "Bożydar", "Bydgoski", "Jasiński", "Zygmunt" Felczak Zygmunt, son of Antoni and Michalina née Pałczyńska, born 2 V 1903 in Chorki, Łęczyca County. Elementary school in Chorki, from 1915... - G
Gościński Ludwik "Przedpełk" Ludwik Gościński ("Ludomił Ziemicki", "L. Ziemicki", "Polanin", "Przedpełk") was born on December 19, 1890, in Krościenko Niżne (a village later incorporated into Krosno, hence some biographies… - J
Jakubowski, Teodor "Wodzibor" Jakubowski, Teodor, son of Antoni and Zofia née Miętkowska, born May 27, 1924 in Warsaw, in a working-class family (father was a locksmith). J. attended a mechanical technical high school… - K
Kieszczyński Lucjan Kieszczyński Lucjan - in glasses. Next to him are Stanisław Szczepaniak and Bogusław Stępiński, members of "Zryw" and the Zadruga movement. Near Łódź 1939-1940. From the collection of L. Kieszczyński… - M
Majewski Kazimierz Stanisław Majewski Kazimierz Stanisław (also known as Olszewski or Sobolewski) „Wszebor” („Bosman”, „Góral”) Born July 26, 1922, in Warsaw, son of Stanisław and Zofia née Ogonek. Marchaj Czesław… - N
Nowacki Walenty „Sławomir” from the IPN collections Walenty Nowacki „Sławomir” was born on January 26, 1906, in Grzymaczew (Sieradz Land). Son of Marcin and Józefa, née Łyczka. He was born into a peasant family, had 5 brothers.… - O
Olczyk Edward Olczyk Edward, son of Władysław and Apolonia née Robeszewska, born May 28, 1915 in Zgierz. He lived in Łódź where he worked as an electrician, and there he met Bogusław Stępiński. After completing… - P
Podgórski Tadeusz "Jantar" Born September 15, 1919 in Zakroczym in a working-class family that moved to Warsaw (to Wola). He graduated in 1939 from the Technical and Railway Lyceum, receiving the title of technician -… - R
Remiszewski Ryszard "Jarobój" Remiszewski Ryszard "Jarobój" Born July 7, 1921, son of Adam and Aleksandra. Lived in Warsaw, Mokotów (Sadyba). At an unspecified time during the occupation… - S-Ś
Sadkowski Zbigniew "Krak" Zbigniew Sadkowski, son of Teofil and Zofia née Gołębiowska, born January 20, 1910, in Petrograd, from an intellectual family. In 1912, he returned with his family to Warsaw, where his father... - T
Tadeusz Then "Racibor" Born January 30, 1907 (or 1908) in Bielsko (now Bielsko-Biała). Studied agriculture in Poznań, used the title of agricultural technician, later engineer, no further details… - W
Feliks Teodor Widy-Wirski „Jakub”, „Rosław” Feliks Teodor Widy, son of Józef and Matylda née Kleczko, born July 11, 1907, in Lwów. His father was a surveyor, and his mother died of tuberculosis when he was still… - Z-Ź-Ż
Zasada Ludwik „Przemko" Born July 7, 1907 in Złoty Potok (until 1952, the name Potok Złoty was used). Son of Franciszek (railway worker - switchman) and Wiktoria née Jakubiak. A large family lived in difficult...