16. Plaque commemorating the Grey Ranks in Zegrze Południowe at the intersection of Warszawska and Rybaki Streets
A stone with a metal plaque, unveiled on May
8, 2010, on the 65th anniversary of the end
of World War II, commemorates the activities
of the Grey Ranks in Zegrze Południowe
in the years 1943-1944.
The memorial call to memory the teenage boys who took an active part in the minorsabotage operations against the Germans in Nazi-occupied Poland. They started underground resistance operations in 1943. They would place the red and white flags on the graves of Polish soldiers killed in 1939 and buried in the Wieliszew cemetery, they would distribute the underground press, paint the emblem of the Fighting Poland Movement and cover the operations conducted by the Polish Home Army soldiers. They often risked their lives, as during the sabotage operation of pouring sand into axle and oiling pad of the freight cars. When two scouts were arrested by the Germans, they risked the deportation to forced labour camps in Germany, or even death penalty. Thanks to the enormous efforts of many people, they were saved from the worst of concievable fates.
The inhabitants of Zegrze Południowe and the authorities of the Nieporęt commune paid tribute to the young and courageous scouts.
The memorial call to memory the teenage boys who took an active part in the minorsabotage operations against the Germans in Nazi-occupied Poland. They started underground resistance operations in 1943. They would place the red and white flags on the graves of Polish soldiers killed in 1939 and buried in the Wieliszew cemetery, they would distribute the underground press, paint the emblem of the Fighting Poland Movement and cover the operations conducted by the Polish Home Army soldiers. They often risked their lives, as during the sabotage operation of pouring sand into axle and oiling pad of the freight cars. When two scouts were arrested by the Germans, they risked the deportation to forced labour camps in Germany, or even death penalty. Thanks to the enormous efforts of many people, they were saved from the worst of concievable fates.
The inhabitants of Zegrze Południowe and the authorities of the Nieporęt commune paid tribute to the young and courageous scouts.