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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 "Jaroslaw", "Józef Mostnicki"

Józef Brueckman was born on June 21, 1921, in Kalisz, son of Stefan and Halina née Charszewska. The family had patriotic traditions – the father served in the First Brigade of the Polish Legions (after the "oath crisis" of 1917, he was interned in Szczypiorno) and the mother was a member of the POW.

As a one-year-old, he traveled with his parents to France, who went there for earning purposes, where he began his schooling. In 1928, the family returned to Kalisz, where after completing primary school, he graduated from the T. Kościuszko High School in 1939. He then went to Warsaw to prepare for entrance exams to the Wawelberg Technical School, where the outbreak of war caught up with him. Evacuated eastward, he returned to Kalisch, which had been annexed to the Reich, after the Soviets entered, and became involved in the independence underground. Their Kalisch apartment was requisitioned by the Germans.

Brykalski Zygmunt "Duży", "Dąbrowski"

from the collection of the Z. B. family

Brykalski Zygmunt "Duży", "Dąbrowski"

Zygmunt Brykalski was born on April 24, 1922, in Warsaw, son of Ignacy and Maria née Moczarska. His father was a butcher and later a small businessman. After his father's premature death, he was raised by his mother (along with nine siblings).

He completed the first grade at the I Male Gymnasium in Warsaw, and then studied at the gymnasium in the Cadet Corps in Rawicz, which he graduated from in 1939.

In September 1939, he volunteered for the forming volunteer company of the Polish Army at the Citadel, where he served as a private soldier until the capitulation of Warsaw.