Bronislaw Marchlewicz

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Bronisław Marchlewicz (born 1899, died 1972) - Polish police officer, member of the resistance movement, honored with the Righteous Among the Nations medal.

He was the director of the police station in Otwock during the pre-war period of 1937 and during World War II as a member of the Navy Police. At the same time he was active in the resistance movement as an officer of the Polish Independent Army, Security Corps and the Home Army (Ps. Many people have been prevented from being arrested, including Jews. He took care of the convent of Elizabeth in which the Jewish children were hidden. In 1949, he was arrested for involvement in the fascism of Polish state life in 1927-1937. Although several thousand signatures were collected in his defense, he was sentenced to 6 years in prison. In 1950 the Supreme Court reduced the penalty. Posthumously, in 2004, he was awarded the Righteous Among the Nations medal awarded by the Jerusalem Yad Vashem Institute.

In 2009, after the heroic attitude and extraordinary courage shown in saving the lives of Jews during World War II, he was posthumously awarded the Commander Cross with the Star of the Order of the Rebirth of Poland for outstanding contributions to the defense of human dignity and human rights.

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