Poland's National Heros

who's Poland's national hero?

General Emil Fieldorf a fav of mine who led the Polish underground home army against the German occupiers and refused to collaborate with the communist regime which followed.

Sporting: in recent years I cannot see anyone better than Adam Małysz

Konstanty Rokossowski.

Great selection. Little known, but what a hero he was. There were so many during that era you'd need a whole book to list them.

There was a good thread on Nile a few months ago. His prosecutor was being extradited back to Poland.


You're kidding right?

Zawisza Czarny

Nobody has mentioned Lech Wałęsa who has only just been admitted to the 12-member Group of Wisemen (over President Kaczyński's objections) which are to ponder and help map out the road the EU is to follow in the years ahead.

Ah! So the President and I agree on something at last.

America`s favorite Polish hero would be Casimer Pulaski, we have yearly parades
and streets named after him.
I think he`s on a bottle of Warka Strong also?

FOR THE 20TH CENTURY

Surely it's Jan Sobieski III - and he's got a GREAT vodka named after him.

I think that little coup d'état in 1926 spoilt his reputation a bit...

it would have to be Tadeusz Kościuszko wouldn't it?

this young man was a true hero:




en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Władysław_Raginis
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wizna

Ah, but isn't everyone's a bit spoiled?

ANOTHER SUGGESTION

Kościuszko
Wałęsa

Karol Levittoux

That's true, in Illinois and Michigan. Nationwide, I think Gen. Kościuszko is more famous, but that's just based on what I've learned.