Szare Szeregi

Szare Szeregi fighters in the Warsaw Uprising

Members of the Szare Szeregi Zośka Battalion during the Warsaw Uprising

Liberated Jews from Gęsiówka concentration camp together with fighters from the Zośka battalion in 1944

Graves of members of Szare Szeregi in the Powązki cemetery

Szare Szeregi (German: gray rows ) was the code name of the Polish scout movement in World War II .

The organization was founded in Warsaw on September 27, 1939 . Florian Marciniak was appointed its first commander . They were subordinate to the Polish government in exile . Your assault groups ( Grupy Szturmowe ) were the best trained units of the Polish Home Army . The Szare Szeregi units took part in the Warsaw Uprising .

Operations performed by the organization

Operation Arsenal : (March 26, 1943) - Jan Bytnar is freed from a Gestapo transport
Operation Kutschera: (February 1, 1944) - Execution of the SS brigade leader Franz Kutschera
Operation Lange - execution of SS Rottenführer Ewald Lange
Operation Schultz - execution of SS-Obersturmführer Herbert Schultz
Operation Bürkl - execution of SS Oberscharführer Franz Bürkl
Liberation of the Gęsiówka Concentration Camp in Warsaw (August 5, 1944)

Stanisław Broniewski: Całym Życiem - Szare Szeregi w relacji naczelnika. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 1983, ISBN 83-01-04269-9 .
Jerzy Jabrzemski: Szare Szeregi, Harcerze 1939-1945. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 1988, ISBN 83-01-06821-3 .

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