Stanisław Sedlaczek (31 January 1892 – 3 August 1941), born in Kołomyja, in what is now

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," Stanisław Sedlaczek" a
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. One of the organizers of pre-war

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troops among university students, he founded the underground resistance scouting organisation " Hufce Polskie" during

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. Sedlaczek was arrested and sent to the

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of Auschwitz, where he was murdered in 1941.

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1892 births 1941 deaths People from Kolomyia Association of the Polish Youth "Zet" members Polish resistance members of World War II Polish Scouts and Guides University of Warsaw alumni Polish people who died in Auschwitz concentration camp Polish military personnel of World War II Resistance members who died in Nazi concentration camps Members of the Polish Gymnastic Society "Sokół" {{Scout-bio-stub