Henryk Szatkowski, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Henryk Szatkowski

Polish politician

Date of Birth: 27-Nov-1900

Place of Birth: Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Profession: public figure

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Henryk Szatkowski

  • Henryk Szatkowski was one of the leaders of the Nazi German Goralenvolk action in the Podhale region of occupied Poland during World War II.
  • A self-proclaimed Volksdeutscher ("ethnic German"), he was a sports and tourism activist in Zakopane from before the invasion.
  • Szatkowski collaborated with the Nazis, worked as an informer, and promoted the failed Goralische Freiwilligen SS Legion.
  • According to at least one modern day account he was blackmailed.
  • However, Polish historian Jan Berghauzen suspects him of being a well established spy in Zakopane working for German intelligence service.Szatkowski fled from Podhale with the retreating Nazis at the end of World War II, never to be heard from again.
  • He left behind wife Maria and children.

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