1. Tadeusz Gajcy was born on 8 February 1922 on Dzika Street in Warsaw.
25 Facts About Tadeusz Gajcy
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Tadeusz Gajcy's mother was a midwife in a hospital and had roots in the landed gentry.
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Tadeusz Gajcy's mother's brother Stanislaw Zmarzlik was a very talented dancer who achieved artistic success in Western Europe and the USA under the stage name Stanley Barry.
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Tadeusz Gajcy discovered his talent for poetry already as a child, and he tied his future to poetry.
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Tadeusz Gajcy attended primary school in Stawki Street, at the same time serving as an altar boy in the Church of St John of God.
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Tadeusz Gajcy finished school with a good result, with the best marks in the humanities and the weakest in mathematics.
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Tadeusz Gajcy returned to Warsaw after the capitulation of the capital.
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Tadeusz Gajcy decided to return to education, but unfortunately the teaching staff of the Marian Fathers were temporarily arrested, and then the German authorities decided to teach Poles only at the elementary and vocational school level.
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Tadeusz Gajcy wanted his matriculation exam to be a ticket to underground studies in Polish philology at the University of Warsaw.
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Tadeusz Gajcy passed his maturity exam in the spring of 1941.
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Parallel to his studies, Tadeusz Gajcy sought contact with the underground press, in the pages of which he wanted to publish his works.
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In October 1942 the Information Bulletin of the KN announced a competition for a soldier's march, which Tadeusz Gajcy won with his song Uderzenie [Strike], to which Jan Ekier wrote the music.
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Tadeusz Gajcy did not stop with the publication of literary and critical works and at the same time got involved in editorial work and the distribution of the magazine.
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The propaganda action in which Tadeusz Gajcy participated with Bojarski and Stroinski ended tragically.
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The photographers were surprised by so called Blue Policeman, Tadeusz Gajcy reacted nervously, as a result of which Bojarski was shot and died ten days later, while Stroinski was arrested, beaten up and sent to the Pawiak prison.
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Tadeusz Gajcy associated himself ideologically with the political message of the KN and its philosophy based on the idea of universalism, building the Slavic Empire under Polish leadership on the ruins of the two occupying powers, criticising democracy, as well as the pre-war Sanation rule.
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Tadeusz Gajcy criticized Polish vices, the Sanation delusion of military power and the Polish Navy-Blue Police.
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Tadeusz Gajcy realised the scale of the threat but believed that the sacrifices of his deceased colleagues cannot be wasted.
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Tadeusz Gajcy continued to work within the Cultural Movement established by Trzebinski.
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Tadeusz Gajcy strengthened cooperation with literary circles associated with the magazines: Dzwigary [Levers], Droga [Way], and established contact with the underground literary circles from Krakow.
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Tadeusz Gajcy managed to widen the circle of publicists and improve the visual quality of the magazine.
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Tadeusz Gajcy changed his mind only after his unit had been decimated and he had to make up the shortfall.
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The macabre sight after the explosion inspired Tadeusz Gajcy to write a poem that was so shocking and macabre that it was not published until 1964.
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Tadeusz Gajcy was buried in the insurgents' quarters in the military Powazki cemetery.
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In July 2009 a coin with the face value of 10 zloty made in silver with a gold-plated ring commemorating Tadeusz Gajcy was put into circulation.