Wacław Zagórski, nom-de-guerre "Lech Grzybowski" (1909–1982) was a

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, w ...

lawyer, soldier, a participant in the

Warsaw Uprising The Warsaw Uprising ( pl, powstanie warszawskie; german: Warschauer Aufstand) was a major World War II operation by the Polish underground resistance to liberate Warsaw from German occupation. It occurred in the summer of 1944, and it was led ...

with the rank of captain and a commander in the famous

Chrobry II Battalion The Chrobry II Battalion was a unit, formally subordinate to the Polish Home Army (AK), which took part in the Warsaw Uprising. It was named after the Polish king Bolesław I Chrobry ("Chrobry" is old Polish for "valiant"Gunnar S. Paulsson, "Secr ...

. He was decorated with the

Order of Virtuti Militari The War Order of Virtuti Militari (Latin: ''"For Military Virtue"'', pl, Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari) is Poland's highest military decoration for heroism and courage in the face of the enemy at war. It was created in 1792 by Polish King St ...

5th Class in 1944.

References

* Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego (Museum of the Warsaw Uprising)

1909 births 1982 deaths Lawyers from Warsaw Warsaw Uprising insurgents Recipients of the Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari 20th-century Polish lawyers {{Poland-bio-stub