Juliusz Bogdan Deczkowski "Laudański" (20 April 1924 in

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– 22 June 1998 in

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) was a noted Polish soldier during

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, and later an engineer and inventor, as well as writer.Bio of Juliusz Deczkowski.

Life

Deczkowski left school in 1939, the year of the

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, and joined the

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. During the invasion, he became a runner with the

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, which was then operating as the underground

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. In 1944, he took part in the

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as a member of the

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. In 1949, during the darkest years of

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he was arrested by the Polish security service and sentenced by a military court to 5 years in prison. After his release, he graduated from the

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in November 1953, and became an inventor of medical equipment. He published in Poland two books of wartime memoirs "Wspomnienia żołnierza baonu AK "Zośka" and "Wróbel" z "Kamieni na szaniec".

Works

* Juliusz Bogdan Deczkowski "Pamiętniki żołnierzy baonu "Zośka" I edition – 1957, VI edition in 1997 * Juliusz Bogdan Deczkowski "Wspomnienia żołnierza baonu AK "Zośka", Instytut PAN, 1998 * Juliusz Bogdan Deczkowski "Wróbel" z "Kamieni na szaniec", Ascon, 1992

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Deczkowski, Juliusz Bogdan 1924 births 1998 deaths Military personnel from Bydgoszcz Warsaw Uprising insurgents Polish prisoners and detainees People detained by the Polish Ministry of Public Security

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