132 years ago, on 3 April 1886, in the village of Dębe in Mazovia, Stefan Okrzeja, a militant of the Polish Socialist organization and a legend of the conflict for independency was born.
“I didn't grow up to run, but I'll be a good private.“ He spoke of himself with modesty. However, erstwhile revolutionary fights broke out, Okrzeja rapidly became “a illness of the crowds”. For he frequently held the red banner of PPS in his hand, proudly standing in front of the enemy. On 13 November 1904, in Warsaw's Grzybowski Square, it was he who raised the flag above his head, which gave a sign to the first armed clash with the Russian aggressor since the fall of the January Uprising.
“The disposition dreamer, the light face of the apostle, and the sincere, truthful eyes of a brave man, possessed the hidden energy of the act, which in request was unleashed by a abrupt flame“ Okrzeja recalled 1 of the underground soldiers, celebrated author Gustav Danilowski.
author: Przemysław Kmieciak/Restore Memory of Cursed Patrons
