Cristine diatomite-copper of the battalion ‘parasol’

KRISTINA VANKOWICZ

PARASOL BALANCE SHEET

How Krystyna Wańkowicz – a soldier of the “Parasol” Battalion

Rising girls. How many books have been written about them? Heroic paramedics, liaisons. They fought bravely and died on the barricades of Warsaw. After many of these heroic girls there was no memory, many of their graves were never found either.

Born on 9 October 1919, daughter of a well-known writer Melchior and Sophia from d. Malagowska. She had a younger sister, Martha.

A student of the Clementina Hoffman advanced School, she later studied at the Higher School of Political Sciences. The outbreak of war interrupted her studies.

She immediately became active in a conspiracy activity, where conspiracy meetings were held at the Wańkowicz villa on Journalska Street in Żoliborz. At that time she adopted the nickname “Anna”. She graduated from conspiracy courses, she besides won an officer's patent.

In July 1944, she became a liaison of the 1st company of the Parasol Battalion. She carried orders and orders between battalion commanders and individual combat groups. She participated in writing by spit. Pchor. Józef Szczepański nicknamed “Ziutek” of the poem “Płacyk Michla”, where the battalion had placed its conflict stations. The poem became a song, and notes were offered by battalion soldiers.

FIGHTING AND RECORDING OF Michla

Dressed with a captured German panther and PM, she bravely repelled attacks of the 2nd Battalion of the SS Herman Goering armored division attacking Wolska streets. However, the enemy was repelled by the Home Army soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Tadeusz Chorążyk, the nickname “Black” and members of AL.

The Parasol Battalion then occupies the buildings of Michla Palace, before the war called Michler's residence. The fortified palace was to defend access to the barricade on Wolska Street, the corner of Młynarska Street.

The Germans, attacking the barricade, had to pass under the windows of the palace, defending by soldiers “Parasol”.

The palace defended itself furiously, resisting further massive German attacks, backed by tanks and aviation. The wounded were handing over their weapons to the healthy, and they were on the streets to take arms and ammunition from the dead Germans. They fought with large determination and rage. 1 defender was among 5 attacking, well-trained SS Herman Goering armored division soldiers.

They didn't take prisoners, they fought for all metre of land. They fought with grenades, and erstwhile they ran out and ran out of ammunition, they fought with bombs, pipes, knives.

And then, at the break of the fights, erstwhile they were resting, Józef Szczepański sat down in the piano, the nickname “Ziutek” and the anthem “Parasola” entitled “Płacyk Michla, Żytnia, Wola” was born. Everyone sang it, including Krystin.

The Death of a Bohater

On 4 August 1944, the commander of the battalion “Parasol” Major Adam Boris nicknamed “Plow” orders any of the defenders of the palace to leave the defended position. Krystyna Wańkowicz, together with the "Grifa" section, is moving back towards the intersection of Żytnoj and Młynarska Street and wants to break into the Kalwiński cemetery. A seven-man group is headed by a way for the remaining insurgents.

In this group goes on a volunteer armed with grenades and p.m. Krystyna Wańkowicz. They run in twos, insuring each another across Żytnia Street. Then they were attacked by German artillery missiles.

When the dust came down and a momentary break came in the fight, the insurgents saw Krystyna's dead body lying down, with a neck wound. Drag by insurgents into the cemetery area, she was then covered with a panther "Griff".

She is buried along with another fallen insurgents “Parasola” in a shallow grave. After the war, Krystina's body was never found in this grave. individual moved the body to an unknown location.

So far no 1 has been able to find the body of the heroic linker “Anna” Krystyna Wańkowicz.

Praise the heroes!

Published: 31.07.2016 10:24.