Andrzej Małkowski, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Andrzej Małkowski

Polish scoutmaster

Date of Birth: 31-Oct-1888

Place of Birth: Trębki, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 15-Jan-1919

Profession: Scout leader

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Andrzej Małkowski

  • Andrzej Juliusz Malkowski (31 October 1888, Trebki - 15 January 1919, Strait of Messina) was a Polish Scoutmaster (harcmistrz) activist of youth and independence organisations.
  • He and his wife, Olga, are widely regarded as the founders of Scouting in Poland.
  • To honor his name, his troop wrote a song about him called Na Polanie. Malkowski decided to join the Polish Legions, along with many of the boys in his Scout troop.
  • Before he left, he organised a cottage for his wife and the boys and girls who had no homes, and she opened a café to earn her living.
  • After he left, there was one Boy Scout troop and one large Girl Guide Company of 300 girls.
  • They paraded each morning in the central square and gave reports to and took orders from his wife.
  • They took on a huge number of tasks including supplementing the postal service, organising a children's home, helping with the harvest, and setting up a hospital.In 1915 they were forced to leave Zakopane by the Austrian government, and they moved through Switzerland to the United States.
  • Their son, Lutyk, was born in the United States on 30 October 1915.
  • Afterwards they returned to Switzerland in 1916, where she worked as a teacher and custodian of the Polish museum.
  • In 1919 Andrzej Malkowski died at the age of 30 on a mission given him by Polish Army.
  • His widow never remarried.

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