Janusz Zarzycki, aka Wojtek (born April 15, 1914 in Pruszków, died February 15, 1995 in Warsaw) was a Polish architect and communist politician, Major General of the Polish People's Army who served in various positions in the Polish People's Republic such as head of the Main Political Board of the Polish Army, chairman of the Union of Youth Struggle and the Union of Polish Youth, president of the Union of Fighters for Freedom and Democracy, chairman of the presidium of the Warsaw City National Council, deputy minister of national defense, and member of the Sejm of the Polish People's Republic
Janusz Zarzycki, aka Wojtek (born April 15, 1914 in Pruszków, died February 15, 1995 in Warsaw) was a Polish architect and communist politician, Major General of the Polish People's Army who served in various positions in the Polish People's Republic such as head of the Main Political Board of the Polish Army, chairman of the Union of Youth Struggle and the Union of Polish Youth, president of the Union of Fighters for Freedom and Democracy, chairman of the presidium of the Warsaw City National Council, deputy minister of national defense, and member of the Sejm of the Polish People's Republic Second, Third, and Fourth term. He received the title Righteous Among the Nations.
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Biography Born under the surname Neugebauer, he was the son of Edmund and Jadwiga. In 1932, he graduated from Tadeusz Czacki High School in Warsaw and studied at the Warsaw University of Technology until 1935. During his studies, he was a member of the Union of Polish Democratic Youth. In 1937–1938, he graduated from the Masovian School of Artillery Reserve Cadets in Zambrów and worked as a tutor at a workers' club in Warsaw. He participated in the 1939 Defensive War as part of the 28th Heavy Artillery Divizion. From 1939–1941, he was a student at the Lviv Polytechnic Institute, also working as a construction technician on the construction of the Lviv Theater from 1940. In 1941, he returned to Warsaw. Until 1942, he worked as a construction technician at the Social Construction Company in Warsaw. That same year, he became a soldier in the Union of Liberation Struggle and a member of the Polish Workers' Party, as well as a staff officer in the People's Guard, where he headed the training department. In 1943, he was arrested and imprisoned in German camps (Auschwitz-Birkenau and Buchenwald) until 1945. After World War II, he was associated with the Polish People's Army.…
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Awards
Order of the Banner of Labour, 1st Class (1964)
Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 3rd Class (1945)
Silver Cross of the Order of Virtuti Militari (December 19, 1945)
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Auschwitz Cross (1985)
Medal for Warsaw 1939–1945 (January 17, 1946)
Medal "For Participation in Fighting in Defense of People's Power" (1986)
Bronze Medal of the Armed Forces in the Service of the Fatherland (1957)
Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland
Badge of the 1000th Anniversary of the Polish State (1966)
Golden Badge of the Union of Volunteer Fire Departments (1965)
Golden Badge of Honour of the Polish Teachers' Union (PTTK) (1960)
Golden Trade Union Badge of Honour of the Polish Teachers' Union (1955)
Golden Badge of Honour "For Merit to Warsaw" (1964)
Cross of the Military Order of the White Lion (Czechoslovakia) (1949)
Order of the National Flag, 1st Class (DPRK, 1954)
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National Order of Merit (France, 1967)
Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1967)
Commemorative Medal of the City of Skopje for Assistance in the Reconstruction of the City (1967)
