Florian Marciniak (codenames: Jerzy Nowak, Nowak, J.Krzemień, Szary, Flo; born 4 May 1915,
Gorzyce, Kościan County
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– died 20/21 February 1944,
Gross-Rosen
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) was a Polish scoutmaster (
harcmistrz
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), and the first
Naczelnik (Chief Scout) of the paramilitary scouting resistance organization, the
Szare Szeregi
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, during the
Second World War
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.
Marciniak was a graduate of
St. John Cantius High School in Poznań
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. He was arrested by the
Gestapo
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on 6 May 1943 and murdered in February 1944 at the
Gross-Rosen concentration camp.
1915 births
1944 deaths
People from Kościan County
Polish resistance members of World War II
Polish Scouts and Guides
People who died in Gross-Rosen concentration camp
Military personnel who died in Nazi concentration camps
Polish military personnel killed in World War II
Polish people executed in Nazi concentration camps
Executed people from Greater Poland Voivodeship
Resistance members killed by Nazi Germany
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