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Authors: Norman Davies

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‘My Pierwsza Brygada’

‘Legiony to –
ołnierska buta;
Legiony to – ofiarny stos;
Legiony to –
ebracka nuta;
Legiony to – strace
ców los,
My Pierwsza Brygada,
Strzelecka Gromada,
Na Stos, rzucili
my,
Swój
ycia los,
Na stos, na stos.’
‘The Legions stand for a soldier’s pride.
The Legions stand for a martyr’s fate.
The Legions stand for a beggar’s song.
The Legions stand for a desperado’s death.
We are the First Brigade.
A regiment of rapid fire.
We’ve put our lives at stake.
We’ve willed our fate.
We’ve cast ourselves on the pyre.’
The hymn of Pilsudski’s Legions, 1914–17
Quoted in Norman Davies,
Heart of Europe
(Oxford, 2001), p. 211.

Guide to Modified Names Used in the Text

This list summarizes the modified forms of names that are used in the text, together with the Polish originals. It is in no sense comprehensive either as a guide to the pseudonyms circulating during the Warsaw Rising – of which there were c. 50,000 – or as a gazeteer to wartime Warsaw. Those seeking more comprehensive information are directed to the indices of Andrzej Kunert’s three-volume
Słownik biograficzny konspiracji Warszawskiej 1939–44
(Warsaw, 1991) and Władysław Bartoszewski’s
Dni walcz
cy stolicy
(Warsaw, 1984). This list consists of five parts: I Pseudonyms, II Military Formations and Networks, III Personal Names, IV Geographical Names, and V Comparative Tables of Ranks.

(Compiled by Wanda Wyporska)

I Pseudonyms

In the text

Original

Name

 

 

 

Agaton

Agaton

Stanisław Jankowski, Capt.

Alder

Olszyna

Tadeusz Wiwatowski

Anchor

Kotwica

Maciej Kalenkiewicz

André

Andrzej

Antoni Zurowski, Maj.

André

Andrzej

Józef Rybicki, Capt.

Anode

Anoda

Jan Rodowicz

Anthony

 

see Heller

Arrow

Grot

Stefan Rowecki, Gen.

Aurochs

Tur

Stefan Tomków, Col.

Axe

Topór

Tadeusz Gajcy, Cadet Officer

Badger

Borsuk

see Maurycy

Bashka

Ba
ka

Barbara Matysówna

Bashka

Ba
ka

Barbara Szerle

Basil

Bazyli

Kazimierz Puzak

Bear Cub

Nied
wiadek

Leopold Okulicki, Gen.

Black Vitold

Witold Czarny

Witold Morawski, Lt.

Boguslav

Bogusławski

Franciszek Herman, Lt.Col.

Boor

Bór, Lawina

Tadeusz Komorowski, Gen.

Borodich

Borodzicz

Aleksander Gieysztor, Prof.

Bullet

Kula

 

Butterfly

Motyl

Zbigniew
cibor-Rylski, Capt.

Calvin

Kalwin

 

Cat

Cat

Stanisław Mackiewicz

Celt

Celt

Tadeusz Chciuk

Chairman

Prezes

Jan Rzepecki

Charles

Karol

Henryk Petryka, Sgt.

Charles

Karol

Józef Rokicki, Lt.Col.

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