Jędrusie
| Jędrusie | |
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Partisans from "Jędrusie" unit during patrol - Andrzej Skowroński "Andrzej" and "Inspektor".
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| Active | 1941 - 1945 |
| Country | Poland |
| Allegiance |
 Polish Underground
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| Branch | Armia Krajowa (Home Army), Szare Szeregi |
| Type | Underground, partisan and diversion unit |
| Engagements | Operation Tempest |
| Disbanded | 1945 |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
Lt. Władysław Jan Jasiński "Jędruś" |
Jędrusie (literally Little Andrews) was a Polish underground guerrilla group during World War II, created in 1941.
Its origins go back to October 1939 in Tarnobrzeg, when a group of Polish Boy Scouts and gymnasium students joined the Polish resistance. Initially a small sub-group of Szare Szeregi, since 1940 it was named Odwet (Vengeance). In 1941 the unit was reformed by and named after Lt. Władysław Jasiński, whose nom de guerre was Jędruś, after his 4-year-old son Andrzej (Jędruś is a Polish diminutive of that name). Jasiński, a reserve lieutenant of the Polish Army, was also their school teacher and the leader of their scouting troop.
The Jędrusie were active in Kraków, Sandomierz, Tarnobrzeg, Opatów, Rzeszów, Mielec and other areas of Central Poland and carried over a variety of tasks related to sabotage and diversion. Initially engaged mostly in training, reconnaissance, intelligence and distribution of underground press, since 1941 the group also started to organize armed resistance. The reason for that was the dire need to hide a number of members from the Germans and hide them in the countryside to avoid their arrest and execution. Among the notable actions of the early period were attacks on German-confiscated factories and farms. Jasiński was killed in action on January 9, 1943, and his place was taken by J. Wiącek Sowa. Jędrusie also organized material help for the families of resistance fighters, prisoners of war and concentration camp inmates, collected food for the prisoners held in POW camps, served as a criminal police in the areas of its operation and organized underground education, with secret schools preparing for a secret matura and underground NCO schools for military training.
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