Adam Borys

Adam Borys

The symbolic grave of Adam Borys in the Warsaw Powązki War Cemetery

Adam Borys , alias "Pług", "Adam Gałecki" (born December 10, 1909 in Niechanowo ; † August 27, 1986 in Witkowo ), was a lieutenant colonel in the Polish armed forces, founder and first in command of the "Parasol" battalion , paratrooper of the Cichociemni and agricultural engineer.

After studying agriculture and forestry at the University of Poznan and studying in the United States , he took on as an artillery officer d. R. of the Polish armed forces took part in the national defense in September . After his capture, he was interned in a POW camp in Hungary - from there he managed to escape and made his way to France. Subsequently, Borys took part in the defense of France in 1940. As a member of the Cichociemni, he jumped over Poland in October 1942. From then on he was a cadre officer of the command command of the Armia Krajowa . Borys founded and led the companies "Agat" - "Pegaz", which were then transferred to the "Parasol" battalion, whose main task was to carry out attacks on officers of the SS and Gestapo . Among other things, he prepared the assassination attempt on the SS general and Gauleiter of Carinthia Franz Kutschera .

During the Warsaw Uprising he was the leader of the "Parasol" battalion - in the course of the fighting over the Warsaw district of Wola , Borys was seriously wounded and withdrawn from the fighting. After the insurgents surrendered, he was imprisoned in the officers' camp for prisoners of war officers , from where he returned to Poland in 1945. In the following period until 1954 he suffered reprisals from Stalinism in Poland. He was then rehabilitated and worked as a research assistant in Warsaw. Borys was awarded the Order Virtuti Militari , the highest military honor in Poland, and the Polish Cross of Valor. The high school in Witkowo, where he lived until his death in 1986, was named after him.

Web links

• Website of Adam Borys Gymnasium, Witkowo (Polish and English)