Jan Romocki

Jan Romocki
ps. "Bonawentura"
Born	(1925-04-17)17 April 1925 Warsaw, Poland
Died	18 August 1944(1944-08-18) (aged 19) Warsaw, Poland

Jan Romocki codename: Bonawentura (17 April 1925 – 18 August 1944)^[1] was a Polish Scoutmaster (podharcmistrz), Second Lieutenant of AK-Szare Szeregi, poet and younger brother of fellow resistance figure Andrzej "Morro" Romocki.^{[citation needed]}

Romocki was born in Warsaw, Second Polish Republic, and died in a hospital at 23 Miodowa Street in Warsaw during the Warsaw Uprising after it was bombed in a German air raid.^[2]

Awards

• Cross of Valour (Krzyż Walecznych) - 4 August 1944^{[citation needed]}
• Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari, Class V - 21 August 1944^[3]
• Home Army Cross (Krzyż Armii Krajowej) - 16 July 1985^[3]

References

1. "Jan Romocki". 1944.pl (in Polish). Warsaw Rising Museum. Archived from the original on 1 June 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
2. Tomczyk, Paweł (17 April 2025). "100 lat temu urodził się Jan Romocki "Bonawentura" - poeta i żołnierz Armii Krajowej". Dzieje.pl (in Polish). Polish Press Agency. Archived from the original on 1 June 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
3. "Jan Romocki "Bonawentura" – powstaniec, harcerz, poeta". Polskie Radio 24 (in Polish). 17 April 2025. Archived from the original on 1 June 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2025.

External links

• Jan Romocki (1925-1944), pseudonim: 'Bonawentura' Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (Polish)

• Scouting portal