Stefan Rowecki
Stefan Paweł Rowecki | |
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Stefan Rowecki in the early 1930s | |
| Nickname(s) | Grot, Rakoń, Grabica, Inżynier, Jan, Kalina, Tur |
| Born | 25 December 1895 Piotrków Trybunalski, Congress Poland |
| Died | 2 August 1944 (aged 48) Sachsenhausen concentration camp, Oranienburg, Nazi Germany |
| Allegiance | Second Polish Republic |
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| Years of service | 1914–1943 |
| Rank | Major general |
| Unit | Commander-in-chief of Union of Armed Struggle and Home Army |
| Battles / wars | World War I Polish–Soviet War World War II |
| Awards | Order of the White Eagle Virtuti Militari (Golden Cross) Virtuti Militari (Silver Cross) Polonia Restituta (Officer's Cross) Cross of Valour (8 times) Gold Cross of Merit (twice) |
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Stefan Paweł Rowecki (pseudonym: Grot, "Spearhead", hence the alternate name, Stefan Grot-Rowecki; 25 December 1895 – 2 August 1944) was a Polish general, journalist and the leader of the Armia Krajowa. He was murdered by the Gestapo in prison on the personal order of Heinrich Himmler.