Presentation Date: September 24, 2009
Zdzislaw Ziggy Jarkiewicz
Polish Underground, WWII, Combat Veteran, Warsaw Uprising
Fought the Germans, then the Russians
* Born in 1925 in Betlewo, Poland
* Joined the Polish Underground Home Army, Grazyna Company, Harnas
Battalion, Army Krajowa (AK)
* Wounded seriously twice during his long combat
* Key participant in famous Warsaw Uprising, August 1 – October 2, 1944
* Captured by the Germans, but escaped enroute to POW camp
* Recaptured and taken to a labor camp in Berlin
* Escaped again and made it to Czechoslovakia, then arrested & placed under
custody of the German Labor Department.
* For the third time, escaped again and managed to reach Italy, joining the
Polish Army, under British Command and served until the end of WWII.
* Sent to England for discharge, earned Certificate as a Technician in EE
* Witnessing the fall of Poland into Russian hands by political agreement of
world powers, he refused to return to Poland – finally a visa to the USA, 1952
* Twice honored as Hero of Poland; just returned from Poland for 65th
anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising
Polish Underground, WWII, Combat Veteran, Warsaw Uprising
Fought the Germans, then the Russians
* Born in 1925 in Betlewo, Poland
* Joined the Polish Underground Home Army, Grazyna Company, Harnas
Battalion, Army Krajowa (AK)
* Code name “Longin”
* Wounded seriously twice during his long combat
* Key participant in famous Warsaw Uprising, August 1 – October 2, 1944
* Captured by the Germans, but escaped enroute to POW camp
* Recaptured and taken to a labor camp in Berlin
* Escaped again and made it to Czechoslovakia, then arrested & placed under
custody of the German Labor Department.
* For the third time, escaped again and managed to reach Italy, joining the
Polish Army, under British Command and served until the end of WWII.
* Sent to England for discharge, earned Certificate as a Technician in EE
* Witnessing the fall of Poland into Russian hands by political agreement of
world powers, he refused to return to Poland – finally a visa to the USA, 1952
* Graduated from Northeastern University, Boston, where he met Alina Michalk
* Married Alina in 1957, now celebrating 52 years of marriage
* Twice honored as Hero of Poland; just returned from Poland for 65th
anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising
* Career as an Electrical Designer; designed controls for the Niagara Power
Project, including switchgear, circuit breakers & synchronous mechanisms
for generators
* Served as Post Commander for Polish Home Army (A.K.) Veterans, in San Diego & SF.