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Wanda Gertz
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Major Wanda Gertz was a Polish woman of noble birth, who began her military career in the Polish Legion during World War I, dressed as a man, under the pseudonym of "Kazimierz 'Kazik' Żuchowicz". She
Wanda Gertz
Wanda Gertz
Women volunteer soldiers of the Polish Army in 1920.
Women volunteer soldiers of the Polish Army in 1920.
Plaque commemorating Wanda Gertz at the Church of John the Baptist, Warsaw.
Plaque commemorating Wanda Gertz at the Church of John the Baptist, Warsaw.
AK soldiers Parasol Regiment Warsaw Uprising 1944
AK soldiers Parasol Regiment Warsaw Uprising 1944
Home Army
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The Home Army was the dominant resistance movement in German-occupied Poland during World War II. The Home Army was formed in February 1942 from the earlier Związek Walki Zbrojnej established in the a
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…by military men and having joined the resistance in 1939 under codename, "Lena", she became an officer and commander of an all-female battalion in the Home Army. She was awarded the highest Polish military honours, a singular rarity for any woman of her generation to achieve. She was born Wanda Gertz von Schliess…
Young Radosław Group soldiers, 2 September 1944, a month into the Warsaw Uprising. They had just marched several hours through Warsaw sewers.
Young Radosław Group soldiers, 2 September 1944, a month into the Warsaw Uprising. They had just marched several hours through Warsaw sewers.
Der Klabautermann (an Operation N magazine), 3 January 1943 issue, satirizing Nazi terror and genocide. From the right, emerging from the "III" (Roman
Der Klabautermann (an Operation N magazine), 3 January 1943 issue, satirizing Nazi terror and genocide. From the right, emerging from the "III" (Roman numeral three", of the "Third Reich"): Himmler, Hitler, and Death.
"To arms!" Home Army poster during the 1944 Warsaw Uprising
"To arms!" Home Army poster during the 1944 Warsaw Uprising
German poster listing 100 Polish hostages executed in reprisal for assassinations of German police and SS by a Polish "terrorist organization in the s
German poster listing 100 Polish hostages executed in reprisal for assassinations of German police and SS by a Polish "terrorist organization in the service of the English", Warsaw, 2 October 1943