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Witold Modelski
Witold Stefan Modelski (11 November 1932, Warsaw – 20 September 1944, Warsaw), pseudonym "Warszawiak", was a participant of Warsaw Uprising, a liaison officer in the Gozdawa Battalion, and the youngest (not quite 12 years old) participant in the Uprising fights. He was awarded the Polish Cross of Valour (Poland), Cross of Valour. Life story During the Second World War, after the Modelski family's house on Nowy Świat Street, Warsaw, Nowy Świat Street had burnt down, all the family moved to Leszno Street, Warsaw, Leszno Street, where Witold had been cared for by his mother Jadwiga Maria Modelska until the Warsaw Uprising broke out. At the beginning of August 1944, Witold Modelski joined the Parasol Battalion, a part of the Radosław Group, precisely the 4 platoon of the 1 company. When the Wola district collapsed, he transferred to The North Group, a part of the Gozdawa Battalion – Sosna section → en, Pine, group=note, located in Warsaw Old Town. Witold Modelski ended hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warsaw
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officially estimated at 1.86 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 3.1 million residents, which makes Warsaw the 7th most-populous city in the European Union. The city area measures and comprises 18 districts, while the metropolitan area covers . Warsaw is an Alpha global city, a major cultural, political and economic hub, and the country's seat of government. Warsaw traces its origins to a small fishing town in Masovia. The city rose to prominence in the late 16th century, when Sigismund III decided to move the Polish capital and his royal court from Kraków. Warsaw served as the de facto capital of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1795, and subsequently as the seat of Napoleon's Duchy of Warsaw. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
