- Maciej Aleksy Dawidowski
Infobox Person
name = Maciej Aleksy Dawidowski
caption = ps. "Alek"
birth_date =November 3 ,1920
dead=dead
birth_place =Drohobycz ,Poland
death_date =March 30 ,1943
death_place =Warsaw ,Poland Maciej Aleksy Dawidowski codename: Alek, Glizda, Kopernicki, Koziorożec (b.
November 3 ,1920 inDrohobycz -March 30 ,1943 inWarsaw ,Poland ) was a PolishScoutmaster (podharcmistrz ), Polish Scouting resistance activist and Second Lieutenant of theArmia Krajowa during theSecond World War . Hero of the book "Kamienie na Szaniec " byAleksander Kamiński .In 1939 he was member of
PLAN , in 1940 he became member ofSzare Szeregi andWawer . He took part in several sabotage actions against the German forces, among others. He removed the German language plaques beneath theWarsaw statue ofCopernicus onFebruary 11 ,1942 .Injured during the so-called
Arsenal action onMarch 26 ,1943 he died four days later.He was awarded posthumous
Virtuti Militari V class.::
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