Sedlaczek, Stanisław, 1892-1941

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Name (Latin)
Sedlaczek, Stanisław, 1892-1941
Other forms of name
Lord Cotbury, 1892-1941
Sas, 1892-1941
Lwowicz, Marian, 1892-1941
Sedlaczek, Stanislaw
Date of birth
1892-01-31
Date of death
1941-08-03
Associated Language
pol
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 98198463
Wikidata: Q651342
Library of congress: no2023127583
Sources of Information
  • DNB in VIAF, November 17, 2023hdg.: Sedlaczek, Stanisław 1892-1941; Sedlaczek, Stanisław Marian; b. 1892, in Kolomyia; d. 1941, in Auschwitz; instructor, scout; affiliation: Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego [=Polish Scouting Association])
  • Miszczuk, Marian. Lord Cotbury, 2021:title page (Stanisław Sedlaczek; scoutmaster, Republic of Poland) page 11 (pseudonyms: Lord Cotbury,Marian Lwowicz, Sas) page 19 (Stanisław Marian Sedlaczek; b. January 31, 1892 in Kolomyia, Ukraine) p. 383 (arrested night of May 17/18, 1941) p. 386 (transported to Auschwitz July 23, 1941; murdered there August 3, 1941)
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Wikipedia description:

Stanisław Sedlaczek (31 January 1892 – 3 August 1941), born in Kołomyja, in what is now Ukraine, was a Polish professor and scoutmaster. He served as the Chief Scout of the Polish Boy Scouts from 1919 to 1921. One of the organizers of pre-war Sokół troops among university students, he founded the underground resistance scouting organisation "Hufce Polskie" during World War II. Sedlaczek was arrested and sent to the German concentration camp of Auschwitz, where he was murdered in 1941.

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