Adam Boryczka (1913-1988) was a Captain of the

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and member of the underground

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in the area of

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, where he fought the Germans and after 1944 - the Soviets. Some time in 1945 he moved to central Poland and began working for the anti-Communist organization

Wolnosc i Niezawislosc Freedom and Independence Association ( pl, Zrzeszenie Wolność i Niezawisłość, or WiN) was a Polish underground anticommunist organisation founded on September 2, 1945 and active until 1952. Political goals and realities The main purpose of it ...

(WiN). In June 1954, he tried to escape Poland, was caught, was sentenced to death, which was changed to life in prison. Released in 1967, he later wrote a book "Z dziejow WiN", which describes the history of the organization.

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* http://powstanie-warszawskie-1944.ac.pl/zw_nzw.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Boryczka, Adam 1913 births 1988 deaths Polish resistance members of World War II