Mieczysław Niedziałkowski (September 19, 1893 in

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- June 21, 1940 in Palmiry) was a Polish politician and writer. He was an activist in the Polish Socialist Party, editor in chief of Robotnik, and one of the primary activists and cofounders of the Centrolew alliance. He published several works on socialism and Polish politics. He took part in the defence of Warsaw in 1939 against the Nazi German aggression, organizing the volunteer

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s. He was subsequently arrested and interrogated by the German secret police or

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. He was shot dead on 21 June 1940 in Palmiry during the German AB-Aktion. After his arrest by the

. Niedziałkowski was personally interviewed by

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, who asked "What do you want from us; what do you expect?" Niedziałkowski responded "From you I neither want nor demand anything. With you I fight."

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