Aleksander Kamiński | |
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Kamiński, nom de guerre "Kamyk"
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Born |
Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire |
28 January 1903
Died | 15 March 1978 Warsaw, Poland |
(aged 75)
Occupation | Writer, historian, school teacher, form tutor |
Aleksander Kamiński (28 January 1903 – 15 March 1978) was a Polish school teacher, form tutor, author of Polish Cub Scout and Brownie method, writer, historian, Scoutmaster (harcmistrz), and during the occupation of Poland by Nazi Germany, wartime resistance leader under the codenames: Kamyk, Dąbrowski, J. Dąbrowski, Fabrykant, Faktor, Juliusz Górecki, Hubert, Kaźmierczak.
During the Second World War he served in the Armia Krajowa in the ranks of the Szare Szeregi, and as editor-in-chief of the Home Army's clandestine newspaper, Biuletyn Informacyjny.
He was posthumously recognized as "Righteous among the Nations" by Yad Vashem on 5 May 1991.