home army (ak)
On 14 February 1942, Polish Union of Armed Struggle, one of the largest resistance forces in German-occupied Europe, was named the Home Army - and kept growing. Up to 40,000 women served in its ranks as medics, couriers, forgers, Intelligence operators and soldiers.
Despite the reprisals, arrests and executions of soldiers, the domestic armed forces were rebuilt throughout the occupied state as the Home Army commanded by General Stefan “Grot” Rowecki. The Home Army was the main resistance organization of the Polish Underground State during WW2.
In 1944 the Home Army had a strength of approximately 350,000 soldiers active underground in all regions of occupied Poland. The well-organized and strong underground army was waiting for the perfect moment to start the open fight and finally liberate Poland.
After 1945, the history of the Home Army was not over, and the so-called “Cursed Soldiers” resisted the Sovietization of Poland and its subordination to the USSR. The communists, wanting to strengthen their order in Poland, implemented a strategy consisting of two stages. The first one was to physically eliminate the soldiers of the new resistance movement. Many former Home Army soldiers were murdered and buried in nameless death pits or sentenced to long-term prison. The next step was to condemn them to oblivion.
Kresy Home Army (AK)_25,150 names: This is a collection of Home Army soldiers (male and female) who, during the German and Soviet occupation, fought for an independent Republic of Poland on the eastern borders of Poland: in Vilnius, Nowogrodek, Grodno, Polesie, Volhynia and Eastern Lesser Poland. This database project was implemented by the Museum of the Home Army in Krakow. The list includes (where available) the Family Name, First Name, the Pseudonym, the District where the AK member served, and other miscellaneous information. Additional information about a particular person may be available (in Polish) at the following site: https://baza.muzeum-ak.pl/zolnierz/ (Note: Polish diacritic letters were used in this list)
Warsaw Uprising (AK) partial list_122 names: This list is from the book "The Anchor The Chosen Coat of Arms" by Lech Halko, where he describes the actions of his unit during the Warsaw Uprising, and his subsequent Prisonner of War experience. The list includes the Family Name, First Name, Pseudonym, Rank, and Position of each individual. (Note: Polish diacritic letters were used in this list)
Imprisoned Home Army members_585 names: The list includes (where available) the Family Name, First Name, Maiden Name, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Place of Imprisonment. (Note: Polish diacritic letters were used in this list) Further information (in Polish) may be available for a particular individual at the following link.
Cichociemny (Sight Unseen) members parachuted into Poland_317 names: The list includes the Family Name, First Name, Pseudonym, Year of Birth, Year of Death. (Note: Polish diacritic letters were used in this list) Further information (in Polish) may be available for a particular individual at the following link.
Cichociemny (Sight Unseen) members trained but not sent into Poland_218 names: The list includes the Family Name, First Name, Pseudonym, and where they were trained. (Note: Polish diacritic letters were used in this list) Further information (in Polish) may be available for a particular individual at the following link.
Cursed Soldiers_10,187 names: This is a partial list of the "Cursed Soldiers". The list includes the Family Name, First Name, and Pseudonym. (Note: Polish diacritic letters were used in this list) Further information (in Polish) may be available for a particular individual at the following link.
More lists will be added, as they become available.