Polish resistance fighter Captain Cyprian Odorkiewicz inspecting a captured German Army cap held by Wacław Jastrzębowski, Okólnik gardens, Warsaw, Poland, 14 Aug 1944; note captured MP 40 submachine gun

Caption     Polish resistance fighter Captain Cyprian Odorkiewicz inspecting a captured German Army cap held by Wacław Jastrzębowski, Okólnik gardens, Warsaw, Poland, 14 Aug 1944; note captured MP 40 submachine gun ww2dbase
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1. Anonymous says:
9 Nov 2009 03:50:08 AM

Captain Cyprian Odorkiewicz is on the right side of the picture (hi is not that one with German Army cap).
He was brother of my grandfather Edmund Odorkiewicz.

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