Friday, 27 June 2025

HEROINES OF THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE - ELŻBIETA ZAWACKA

 

She was born in Thorn, at the time

Part of the German Empire

But today its Toruń, in Poland

In October 1939 she joined

The Polish resistance in Silesia

Under the nom de guerre “Zelma”

Which she later changed to “Zo”

Moving to Warsaw in 1940

Where she worked as a courier

In 1943 she travelled to Gibraltar

Via Germany, France, and Spain,

In Britain she underwent training,

And on September 10th 1943

She parachuted into Poland,

In 1944 she fought in the Warsaw Uprising

After the war she was awarded

The Order of the White Eagle,

Golden Cross of Merit with Swords 

Silver Cross of Order of Virtuti Militari, twice

And the Cross of Valour five times

She died in Toruń, Poland aged 99

In 2017 she was posthumously awarded

The Cross of Freedom and Solidarity

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