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Antoni Godlewski Edit Profile

Soldier

Antoni Szczęsny Godlewski, was a legendary soldier of the Home Army and participant in the Warsaw Uprising.

Background

He was the son of the lawyer Franciszek and Aniela.

Career

He started high school in Warsaw but after the Nazi invasion of Poland, the Germans banned secondary education for Poles. As a result, Antoni finished his studies and obtained a high school diploma and continued his studies at an underground university of the Warsaw Polytechnic. He was killed on the 8 August after the break out of the Uprising, on the corner of Bracka Saint and Aleje Jerozolimskie.

His place of death is marked by a memorial plaque.

Today, a street in the Wola neighborhood of Warsaw is named after him.

Achievements

  • Foreign his bravery in battle he was posthumously awarded the Cross of Valour and the Order of Virtuti Militari, Fifth Class.

Membership

At this time he joined the Home Army and became a member of its Security Corps.