The Żniwiarz Group (Polish: ''Zgrupowanie Żniwiarz'') was a group of military units in

Żoliborz Żoliborz () is one of the northern districts of the city of Warsaw. It is located directly to the north of the City Centre, on the left bank of the Vistula river. It has approximately 50,000 inhabitants and is one of the smallest boroughs of W ...

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 officia ...

, Poland, which took part 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 ...

of 1944. The group was created in 1942 and included a group of schoolboys of the Prince Józef Poniatowski Secondary School and youth of

Marymont Marymont (from French ''Mont de Marie'' - Mary's Hill) is one of the northern neighbourhoods of Warsaw, Poland, administratively a part of the boroughs of Żoliborz (Marymont-Potok) and Bielany (Marymont-Kaskada and Marymont-Ruda). Named after the ...

. In the beginning of 1943, upon the creation og

Kedyw ''Kedyw'' (, partial acronym of ''Kierownictwo Dywersji'' ("Directorate of Diversion") was a Polish World War II Home Army unit that conducted active and passive sabotage, propaganda and armed operations against Nazi German forces and collabora ...

, it was created the 9th company of military subversion ''Żniwiarz'', which was a military unit at the disposal of the commander of the

Sub-district II of Żoliborz (of Armia Krajowa) The Sub-district II of Żoliborz (of Armia Krajowa) (Polish: ''Obwód II Żoliborz'' also named as ''Obwód Żywiciel'') - a territorial organisational unit of the District of Warsaw of Armia Krajowa. It covered the area of Żoliborz in Warsaw, ...

, pseudonym ''Żywiciel''.

Organisation

*Commander - lieutenant Mieczysław Morawski pseudonym "Szeliga"; *226th platoon - commanded by sec. lieutenant Gustaw Budzyński pseudonym "Szymura"; *229th platoon - commanded by officer cadet Stanisław Swinarski pseudonym "Poraj"; *230th platoon - commanded by officer cadet Zygmunt Wisłouch pseudonym "Zarewicz".

Course of combat in Warsaw Uprising

The place of concentration of the Żniwiarz Group at the

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were areas in Mikołaj Górka Street, Józef Sułkowski Street and the Park Promyka in the officer quarter of

. About 13:50 soldiers who transported weapons from stores in Wespazjana Kochowskiego Street fired the first shots in the

. Although the soldiers won the skirmish, it did not prevent the insurgents from reaching the gathering place. The target of the Żniwiarz Group was German positions in Krasińskiego street and areas of Plac Grunwaldzki. Upon arriving, the Group soldiers were attacked in the area of Plac Lelewela (Krechowiecka and Cieszkowskiego Streets) and suffered severe losses. During further fights, the units of the group waged heavy fights in Suzina Street and in the Zdobycz Robotnicza quarter. They took part in the attack on Warsaw Gdańsk Station, defended the Opel workshop as well as the insurgent redoubt in a building of Fire Brigades in the crossing of Słowackiego, Gdańska and Potocka streets. The last position of Żniwiarz Group was defending of Słowackiego Street and

Plac Wilsona ''Plac Wilsona'' ("Wilson Square") is the chief square of northern Warsaw's Żoliborz district. It is also one of the Polish capital's main transport hubs, with several bus and streetcars stops (opened to the public June 1, 1934). Wilson Square w ...

. Losses included 92 fallen and many wounded. Among others, Włodzimierz Kaczanowski and Zdzisław Sierpiński fought in units of the Group.

Organisation

Course of combat in Warsaw Uprising

See also