Jan Kryst
Jan Kryst (6 April 1922 – 22 May 1943) was a Polish scout and a member of the Polish anti-Nazi resistance. He fought for the Home Army and volunteered for a revenge attack at the Café Adria where he fatally shot several members of the Gestapo before being killed himself. Biography Kryst was born in Modlin, Poland, and raised in Warsaw's Wola district. His father was a worker and a member of the Fighting Organization of the Polish Socialist Party. Kryst graduated from a technical school before the war. He was also a member of the Polish Scouting Association. In September 1939, Kryst participated as a volunteer in the defense of Warsaw. During the German occupation, he joined the Home Army (AK) as a soldier of the Wola Subdistrict, and was a member of 304 platoon. In 1943, he learned that he would soon die of pulmonary tuberculosis, which he had been suffering from for a long time. In view of this, he approached Captain "Chuchro" – the commander of the Warsaw District ...
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