Żołnierz Andersa – Wacław Gdesz wojennym „turystą” w miastach ZSRR, Bliskiego Wschodu i Europy

Dariusz Złotkowski

doi:10.18778/8220-699-9

Wacław Gdesz, a war “tourist” in the towns of the USSR, Middle East and Europe

Dariusz Złotkowski

Uniwersytet Humanistyczno-Przyrodniczy im. J. Długosza w Częstochowie, Wydział Humanistyczny, Instytut Historii

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-7345 (unauthenticated)

Publication:

City and War

Series: Faces of war

Pages: 295-317

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8220-699-9.17

Keywords: wojna, wojsko, oblicza wojny, miasto, historia, infrastruktura miejska, propaganda wojenna

Published: 30 December 2021

Categories: Archaeology, History, Open Access

Downloads

PDF

Wacław G desz, a State Police senior l eader in V ilnius. A n internee in Lithuania in
1939. He stayed the longest in Palanga. In the summer of 1940, he was taken over by the Russians
and taken to a work camp in the Kola Peninsula. Evacuated with Anders Army to Iran in
1942. The trawl of his war “tourism” covered the following places: Iran, Iraq, Palestine, Egypt,
Italy and Great Britain. After the liquidation of the Polish armed forces in the West, in December
of 1947 he came back to the country. During the whole period of the war he wrote a sort
of diary. He put down his everyday impressions and observations. They constitute the basis of
this article.

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

How to Cite

Złotkowski, Dariusz. 2021. “Wacław Gdesz, a War ‘tourist’ in the Towns of the USSR, Middle East and Europe”. In City and War, edited by Witold Jarno and Jarosław Kita, 5:295-317. Faces of War. Poland: Lodz University Press. https://doi.org/10.18778/8220-699-9.17.