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Stanisław Jankowski "Agaton"

AK 'Cichociemny', architect and urban planner after the war, co-author of the Warsaw reconstruction plan and the Old Warsaw Route.

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Stanisław Jankowski "Agaton" (1911–2002) — architect, Cichociemny (elite paratrooper), participant of the Warsaw Uprising, and one of the lead urban planners for the capital's reconstruction after the war.

He co-created the reconstruction program for the Old Warsaw Route and the W-Z Route, connecting the Old Town with the rest of the city. Author of the memoir 'Z fałszywym ausweisem w prawdziwej Warszawie' (With a False Ausweis in Real Warsaw).

Highlights

  • Cichociemny, AK soldier, and insurgent.
  • Co-author of the reconstruction of the W-Z Route and the Old Warsaw Route.

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