Warsaw Uprising hero, Brochwicz-Lewinski, honoured at funeral

Janusz Brochwicz-Lewinski, one of Poland’s soldiers from the Warsaw Uprising of 1944, was honoured by citizens and dignitaries, including Polish President Andrzej Duda, on Wednesday. The ceremony took place at the Powązki Military Cemetary in Warsaw. “Brochowicz-Lewinski was and will remain a role model and an example of someone who sacrificed so many years to witness, shape the awareness [of the Uprising], ties with the homeland and his duty. Thank you for your great, heroic and beautiful life,” Duda said at the ceremony. Janusz Brochwicz-Lewinski was born on September 17, 1920 and was a Soldier in the Home Army (known as the AK) during the Warsaw Uprising, fighting in the battalion “Parasol” (Umbrella). Additionally, he fought for the protection of Warsaw’s Wola area during the September, 1939 invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany. Brochwicz-Lewinski had been honoured posthumously by Duda last year, promoted to “General” of his battalion. In April of 2008, to “Brigadier General” by then-President Lech Kaczyński.