Elżbieta Zawacka (1909–2009) – zasłużony żołnierz i aktywna „feministka”
Elżbieta Zawacka (1909–2009) – deserved soldier and “feminist”

Summary/Abstract: Elżbieta Zawacka was dedicated herself to both military as well as educational activity in the interwar period. She started her activity in the Przysposobienie Wojskowe Kobiet (Female Military Training) and became a commander of PWK of Silesia Region. Those activities included from organization and conducting courses for young people. After the outbreak of the Second War World she was volunteering in the defence of Poland in September 1939 and next, she enrolled to the underground army, where she served as liaison and courier. As a courier, she smuggled important letters from Warsaw to Headquarter of the Polish Armed Forces in the West in London. She returned on Polish territory before the Warsaw Uprising. She was also participating in the insurgents straggle during the period from August to October 1944. After the end of the war, she devoted herself to historical and educational work. The establishment of the General Elżbieta Zawacka Foundation. Pomeranian Archives and Museum of the Home Army and the Military Service of Polish Women was her important accomplishment in the post-war period. She has been awarded many honors for her merits not only in military service but also in educational, historical and social spheres. She got the Cross of Valor, Cross of Merit and the Home Army Cross during the war. After the war, she was appointed as the general in 2006. Except that, she got the Order of the White Eagle in 1995 and the title of Custodian of National Remembrance in 2002. Elżbieta Zawacka connected a professional, military and pedagogical activity for all her life. Her attitude was showing that she had never resigned of her goals. In this context she was both a good soldier as well as “feminist”.

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