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)
AK Borderland Soldiers of the Home Army __ 25,150 names
Warsaw Uprising Participants (AK) __ 52,395 names: This list includes the Family Name, First Name, Pseudonym, Date of Birth, and Date of Death (if known) of each individual. Additional information is available (in Polish) at the "Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego" website. See https://www.1944.pl/powstancze-biogramy,ord,nazwisko,0,strona,01.html
(Note: Polish diacritic letters were used in this list)
Warsaw Uprising Participants __ Letter A to F
Warsaw Uprising Participants __ Letter L to P
Warsaw Uprising Participants __ Letter G to K
Warsaw Uprising Participants __ Letter Q to S
Warsaw Uprising Participants __ Letter T to Z
Alternate Warsaw Uprising (AK) partial list __ 3,600 names: This list is from a book borrowed from one of the participants. The list includes the Family Name, First Name, Father's Name, Date of Birth, Pseudonym, Rank, and Number. Note: Polish diacritic letters were used in this list.
Alternate Warsaw Uprising partial list __ 3,600 names
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 Prisoner 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.
List from Halko book re Warsaw Uprising __ 122 names
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. Further information (in Polish) may be available for a particular individual at the following link. Note: Polish diacritic letters were used in this list.
Imprisoned Home Army members __ 585 names
Cichociemny (Sight Unseen) members parachuted into Poland __ 317 names: The list includes the Family Name, First Name, Pseudonym, Rank, Year of Birth, Year of Death, and whether the person was killed in action during the war. More information (in Polish) may be available for a particular individual at the following website link: https://fundacjacichociemnych.pl/team/florian-adrian/ Note: Polish diacritic letters were used in this list.
Chichociemni_Sight Unseen parachuting into Poland __ 317 names
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. More information (in Polish) may be available for a particular individual at the following website link: https://fundacjacichociemnych.pl/team/florian-adrian/
Note: Polish diacritic letters were used in this list.
Not sent into Poland __ 218 names
Cursed Soldiers __ 10,187 names: This is a partial list of the "Cursed Soldiers". The list includes the Family Name, First Name, and Pseudonym. Further information (in Polish) may be available for a particular individual at the following website link. Note: Polish diacritic letters were used in this list.
Cursed Soldiers __ 10,187 names
Home Army (AK) Soldiers who surrendered in 1947 __ 10,316 names: The Amnesty in 1947 was directed to soldiers and activists of the Polish anti-communist underground. The Amnesty Act was passed by the Legislative Sejm on 22 February 1947. The actual purpose of the amnesty was to eliminate the organized resistance of opponents of the government. Amnesty promises were not kept. The knowledge gathered during the interrogations was used for later repression against the disclosed and reaching the people still fighting. The amnesty included 76,774 people, of which 10,316 are listed here - these were the ones who surrendered in the Bialystok area.
The list includes the Family Name, First Name, the Pseudonym, the Underground organization they belonged to, and the place where they surrendered. The source of this information is: home.pl
Note: Polish diacritic letters were used in this list.
Home Army (AK) soldiers who surrendered in 1947 __ 10,316 names
AK soldiers in sabotage and self-defence units __ 1,055 names: The list includes the Family Name, First Name, Pseudonym, Unit, Date of Death, and location. Further information (in Polish) may be available for a particular individual at the following website link. Note: Polish diacritic letters were used in this list.
AK soldiers in sabotage and self-defense __ 1,055 names
AK soldiers in 27th Wolynski Infantry Division __ 10,055 names: The list includes the Family Name, First Name, Pseudonym, Sector, Date of Death, and Location. The information was garnered from the Home Army monument on the corner of Gdańskiej and Alei Armii Krajowe in Warsaw. Note: Polish diacritic letters were used in this list.
AK - 27th Wolyn Infantry Division __ 10,055 names
AK Brygady Wileńskiej Individual Stories __ 582 names: This partial list is from a 2008 publication by KARTA that summarizes the details of individual stories of AK members. The list includes the Family Name, First Name. Maiden Name, Pseudonym, Year of Birth, Details of service(if any), Years covered. Note Polish diacritic letters are used in this document.
AK Brygady Wilenskiej Individual Stories __ 582 names
AK members (Home Army) who trained in England July 1942 to September 1944 __ 87 names: The list includes the Rank, Family Name, First Name, and Pseudonym of each Home Army trainee. The list was sourced from a descendant of one of the soldiers on the list. Note 1: Polish diacritic letters are used in this document. Note 2: This list is NOT searchable with a search engine because it is handwritten, so you need to scroll through it manually.
AK members who trained in England __ 87 names
More lists will be added, as they become available.