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Kazimierz Piechowski (KL Auschwitz, 918)
Kazimierz Piechowski (; 3 October 1919 – 15 December 2017) was a Polish engineer, and Polish Scouting and Guiding Association, boy scout during the Second Polish Republic, and political prisoner of the Nazi Party, Nazis held at Auschwitz concentration camp. He was a soldier of the Armia Krajowa, Polish Home Army (''Armia Krajowa''), and again became a political prisoner under the post-war Polish People's Republic, communist government of Poland for seven years. He is best known for his escape from Auschwitz, along with three other prisoners. Imprisonment After the collapse of Polish resistance to the Invasion of Poland, German and Soviet invasion, Piechowski along with fellow boy scout Alfons "Alki" Kiprowski (born 9 October 1921Danuta Czech, ''Auschwitz Chronicle, 1939–1945'', London, Tauris, 1990, p. 242. ), were captured by the German occupiers in their hometown of Tczew and forced into a work-gang, clearing the destroyed sections of the railway bridge over the Vistula, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajkowy
Rajkowy (historical names: Raicovo, Raycow, Raichowe, Reykow, Reichenek; Kashubian language, Kashubian: ''Rôjkòwë''; Raikau) is a large and historically significant village of the Kociewie, Kociewie Land, in the administrative district of Gmina Pelplin, within Tczew County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Pelplin, south-east of Tczew, and south of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the historic region of Pomerania. Rajkowy finds its first mention in history in 1224 in the context of the donation of some of its lands to the Oliwa Abbey by Swietopelk II, Duke of Pomerania. The village was deeded in its entirety to the Abbey by Mestwin II, Duke of Pomerania, Mestwin II in 1289. Rajkowy was a royal village of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship (1466–1772), Pomeranian Voivodeship. During the Occupation of Poland (1939–1945), Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
