Jerzy Długoszowski

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A repost of a large group.

A group to Jerzy Długoszewski, son of Stefan, a scouting movement activist, an AK partisan and a post-war militia officer.

A short view on his Life:
Born in 1922 in Babczew, Łódź Voievodeship as a son of a village teacher. Joined the Polish Scouting Association (ZHP) probably in 1932. Bofore the war he finished 4 classes of a secondary school in Częstochowa.
After the september 1939 he worked physically in the local area. In 1941 he was forced by the nazis to work at the local foundry. In 1942 he was arrested (charged of sabotage, he was unclear in his CV as to wether he was the saboteur or not) and imprisoned later sent to the correctional camps from which he was released in 1943 (possibly due to poor health condition, but that's unclear). After recovering from heavy ilness he joined the "Szare Szeregi" (Grey Ranks - a Scouting movement-based organization, part of the AK; Probably he was taken after his cousins vouched for him, this will be discussed later on), finished an NCO course and was promoted to corporal. After that his task was to train new recruits. Additionaly in 1944 he joined "Combat Emergency of the Socialists" (I haven't found info on that organization - possibly a small organization created by one of the many factions of the Polish Socialist Party - PPS), where he worked as a liason and underground press distribuer.
After the liberation he worked in the aprovization ministry and during carrying his duty as a commandant of a group organizing supplies (mainly food from farmers) he fell victim to an assault by "the bandits" (likely the anti-communist partisans).
Married in 1946
He worked in the industry and commerce until 1961 when he joined the MO (he was almost 40 at that time, but all of the state security organizations were eager to have former partisans in their ranks)
After the war he finished the high scool and started Law studies which he stopped because of the lack of time. He later made various courses.
in 1961 he joined the MO and was sent to the course for Political officers.
He was sent on the pension in late 70's or early 80's due to health problems related to his service in the Militia.
HE later joined th Voluntary Reserves of the Citizens' Militia (ORMO).
He was also active in other fields - he was a PZPR member where he held a few posts in local structures; a member of the ZBOWiD veteran association (he was a head of the local organization and a member of the Voivodeship executive), member of a city council etc.
After 1989 he joined the left wing SLD party and was invited as a honorary guest to Aleksander Kwaśniewski's Presidential Oath Taking Ceremony.
He was also a honorary member of the Socialist Youth organization, Honorary Blood Donors Association, Committe for building the Schools-Monuments (for the Poland's Millenium), a journalist, painter, writer and God only knows who else.
He died in 2010

Pic1: The group
Pic2: a wooden case (home-made by Długoszowski himself) - a bit problematic - some awards missing, some are here even tough they shouldn't. The awards are:
- 1st row: Polonia Restituta Cavalier's Cross, Gold Cross of Merit, Partisan Cross, For merits to the defense of the state bronze medal, Gold Janek Krasicki Cross (a socialist youth award)
- 2nd row: Polish red Cross Gold Badge, For merits to ZSMP (Socialist Youth association), Polish Red Cross Silver Badge, For merits to the defense of the state silver medal
- 3rd row: Victory and Freedom Medal, In Service to The nation - 20years of service (silver), 40 years of the PRP, For merits in defense of the Public order bronze badge
- 4th row: Warsaw Uprising Cross (Not his, but this awardis explained later on), For Odra, Nysa, Baltic medal (apparently not his - presence unexplained, but since the man was a bit crazy he probably bought it as a space filler), For merits in defense of the public order silver badge, Auschwitz Cross (unlikely to be his, but it's presence is unexplained - Długoszowski was in nazi prisons and correctional camps but not the concentration camps, so he probably was not entitled to get one)

3rd pic:
Various insignia: MO cpt. cap band and eagle, remains of MO officer parade uniform collar tab ("palm branch"), Training uniform shoulder insignia (hard to notice on this pic, but the "moro" pattern is actually blue instead of army's dark grey, which indicates MO uniform), PR and PC minis, Ribbon bars - frrom various times, more or less complete. Note the wound badge fro 2 wounds.

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1st pic:photographs of him from varios periods - in MO officer uniform, in scouting movement uniform etc., also a photocopy of his first MO ID.

2nd pic: 2 award booklets: for the Polonia Restituta CC and For the Silver Badge for Merits in defense of the public order.

3rd pic: 2 award booklets: Bronze badge for merits in defense of the public order, bronze medal for merits to the defense of the state.

Note: Some of the papers here were attacked by some fungi - the group suffered during the flood. The docs have been dried and neutralized, but the discoloration remains.

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1st pic: 2 award booklets: Polish Red Cross Badge and Silver In service to nation badge

2nd pic: Silver medal for merits to the defense of the state and Millenium Badge docs

3rd pic: For merits to the ZSMP doc and JAnek Krasicki gold cross doc

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1st pic: Honorary blood donor 2nd class badge and 40 yrs of the PRP docs

2nd pic: Honorary blood donor badge

3rd pic: 10 years in Service to the Nation badge doc

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1st pic: two empty award booklet covers - one of them was apparently to for the "Meritous to the Health of the NAtion" honorary title badge; his service pistol ID (p-64 9.2x18mm pistol - according to the law, he was suppoosed to leave it at the MO station with the gun when ending his MO service. I wander if he kept the gun itself?)

2nd pic: MO pensioner ID and Metal Industry Workers Trade Union membership booklet.

3rd pic: ZBOWiD and LowerSilesian Music Society membership booklets

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1st pic: His ZBOWiD membership booklet next page, listing his activity that gave him the right to be a veteran:
1942-43 - nazi prisons
1943 - nazi correctional camp
1943-45 - Resistance Movement

2nd pic: ZBOWiD in Bielawa member call letter blank - presigned by Długoszowski as the head of the local structure.

3rd pic: Some of additional papers: His service notebook from 1975 to ? contains various data on what was at the local MO's disposal as well as his notes (including crime reports), Criminal investigation encyclopedia, a MO letter of gratitude cover (empty)

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His CV from the time he applied for work in the MO (with later inserts)

Various award boxes (the green one is for the missing "For merits to the ZHP" medal, the small one - for the missing "Meritous to the health of the nation" honorary title badge).

There's a lot of other papers in this group.

Unfortunately, contrary to what the seller promised me, lots of the stuff was sold away (he admitted only selling his uniforms), as the next post will show.

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And here's a really interesting piece of the story.
When I first commited to buy this group, the seller warned me, that this guy had nothing to do with THE DŁUGOSZOWSKI (for info: Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
I believed, as even tough the surname is rare, it seems ulikely to me that MO officer would turn out to be a relative of marshal Piłsudski's closest friend (tough even stranger things happened in Poland). Even tough the man apparently caimed to be Wieniawa-Długoszowski's nephew, the seller said he was crazy (using much worse words), and much of his stuff seemed to confirm that he was indeed a bit weird.
However, shortly after purchesing next part of documents I came across this award booklet on a Polish auction site. It wouldn't prove anything if not for the fact, that below Jabłoński's stamp, his name was written - unmistakebly by Jerzy Długoszowski. After contacting the guy who was selling that he said, that he was offered a few booklets to "brothers": posthumous Warsaw Uprising Crosses to Andrzej and Marek Długoszowski, Partisan Cross to Jerzy Długoszowski and some others, but he bought only one of them.
After purhasing this booklet, I have found another proof of the fact that it passed through Jerzy Długoszowski's hands - at the and of the booklet there was the area data - it helped the officials to send the award and booklet to the proper area. It gives the postal code, and "Bielawa Wałbrzych" (Bielawa is the town where Jerzy Długoszowski Lived and it was in the Voivodeship of Wałbrzych at that time).

The story of the recipent in the next Post.

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gen. Bolesław Długoszowski had one famous cousin (according to other sources he was a brother) - Jerzy. He was an air force officer and a participant of the Polish-Soviet War. He died in a plane crash in 1931. He had two sons: Andrzej and Marek. Before the war they both joined the ZHP and during the war - the Szare Szeregi (both held ranks of lt.). They both died in the Warsaw Uprising.

The document posted before (to Andrzej Długoszewski) is a posthumus Warsaw Uprising Cross booklet. Such booklets togeather with the awards were sent to the closest living relative, whose whereabouts were known. Apparently in 1984 when this award was bestowed upon Andrzej Długoszowski the authorities considered Jerzy Długoszowski the closest living relative of Andrzej Długoszowski. This means that Jerzy Długoszowski's father - Stefan was either a cousin or a brother of Jerzy Długoszowski (The air force officer), which means that the hero of this thread was indeed general Bolesław Długoszowski's relative.

On the pic: symbolic grave of Andrzej anjd Marek Długoszowscy on Powązki Cementary, Warsaw.

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His ribbon bar (most likely the most complete list of his awards):
Awards on his ribbon bar (the one in my possesion, that is):
1st row: Wound badge (2 wounds).
2nd row:Polonia... Cavalier's cross, Gold Cross of Merit
3rd row:Partisan Cross, Something that seems to be "To the participants of historical operation 1978-1980" (no idea what that is, it came in 3 classes, other possibility is Greater Poland Upprising cross, but that's impossible)
4th row: Something that seems to be "To the participants of historical operation 1978-1980", Victory and freedom medal, For merits to the State Defense 2nd class
5th row: For merits to the State Defense 3rd class, In service to Nation, 1971 variant class unknown, In service to nation 1974 variant 2nd class
6th row: In service to nation 1974 variant class unknown, Cross of merit to ZHP, Polish red cross medal 1st class
7th row: Polish red cross medal 2nd class, Polish red cross medal 3rd class, For merits to LOK (Liga Ochrony Kraju, something close to soviet DOSAAF) 1st class
8th row:For merits to LOK 2nd class, for merits to LOK 3rd class, For merits to ORMO.

He was also awarded "Meritous to the health of the nation" honorary title, Blood Donor Badges, Millenium Badge, but those were sold with his uniforms.

On one of the photographs he seems to be wearing a Virtuti Militari Ribbon - it is a mystery. Obviously hy was never awarded VM by any of the Official Polish Governments. It is possible that it was another post-humous award to one of his relatives, but I have no info on that.

It's hard to find anything on the man. His ZBOWiD file is missing. His MO file is inaccessable plus I have seen it in the seller's possesion (:eek:sic!) tough was denied the purchese (so it's most likely missing to).