Cichociemni – uzbrojenie i wyposażenie

Cichociemni – uzbrojenie i wyposażenie

 

Silent Unseen (pol. Cichociemni) were soldiers of the Home Army in special service

 

strona w budowie

 

 

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From the 316 Silent Unseen,
40 have fought for the independence of Poland in 1918-1921:

Leon Bazała (1918-1920) | Jacek Bętkowski (1920) | Jan Biały (1918-1920) | Niemir Bidziński (1920) | Romuald Bielski (1919-1920) | Adolf Gałacki (1918-1920) | Stanisław Gilowski (1918-1920) | Jan Górski (1919-1920) | Antoni Iglewski (1915-1920) | Kazimierz Iranek-Osmecki (1913, 1916, 1920) | Wacław Kobyliński (1918-1920) | Bolesław Kontrym (1917-1918) | Franciszek Koprowski (1919-1920) | Tadeusz Kossakowski (1909-1920) | Julian Kozłowski (1918-1919) | Henryk Krajewski (1918-1920) | Leopold Krizar (1918-1920) | Stanisław Krzymowski (1914-1920) | Adolf Łojkiewicz (1918-1920) | Narcyz Łopianowski (1918-1920) | Zygmunt Milewicz (1918-1920) | Przemysław Nakoniecznikoff-Klukowskand (1913-1921) | Leopold Okulicki (1914-1920) | Mieczysław Pękala-Górski (1918-1920) | Edward Piotrowski (1918-1920) | Jan Różycki (1917-1920) | Roman Rudkowski (1914-1920) | Tadeusz Runge (1917-1920) | Józef Spychalski (1916-1920) | Tadeusz Starzyński (1920) | Tadeusz Stocki (1920) | Aleksander Stpiczyński (1917-1920) | Witold Strumpf (1920) | Adam Szydłowski (1918-1920) | Wincenty Ściegienny (1918-1920) | Witold Uklański (1917-1921) | Józef Zabielski (1920) | Józef Zając (1920) | Wiktor Zarembiński (1920) | Bronisław Żelkowski (1920)

 

 

Niepodlegla, Poland, 100 anniversary of re-gaining independence.
Project implemented as part of the celebration of the centenary of regaining independence and the reconstruction of Polish statehood

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Commemoration of the Silent Unseen

In 1989, the documentary film Cichociemni was created (script and direction Marek Widarski).

May 15, 2005 was unveiled in the special unit - Military Unit GROM The monument is dedicated to the Silent Unseen of the Home Army. A considerable degree of the exposition in Sala Tradycji (eng. Hall of Tradition, also localized in the GROM HQ) is also focused on the lives of the Silent Unseen.

Since August 4, 1995, the unit has been named - GROM, named in honour of the Silent Unseen, paratroopers of the Home Army is Poland’s leading special-operations unit.

In 2008, the documentary "We cichociemni. Voice of the Living" (script and directed by Paweł Kędzierski).

On October 7, 2013 in Warsaw at ul. Matejko, opposite the Seym of R.P. ( parliament) the Memorial of the Cichociemni Paratroopers of the Home Army was unveiled.

In 2013, the documentary film Cichociemni was created. Fight for freedom or die ”(script and directed by Dariusz Walusiak).

In 2016, the Sejm of the Republic of Poland established the year 2016 as the Year of Silent People. The NBP issued a silver 10 zloty collector coin commemorating the 75th anniversary of the first drop of Cichociemni.

In 2017, LOT Polish Airlines placed a parachute sign and signature commemorating Cichociemni on the hull of a Boeing 787 (SP-LRG).

The Silent Unseen are a patron for many teams and scouting organizations. Many books and articles have been dedicated to their thematic.

At the Powazki Military Cemetery in Warsaw, there are several graves of the Silent Unseen, as well as a monument dedicated to them, with the writing ‘’For you, motherland’’.