Tadeusz Jasiński Explained

Tadeusz Jasiński (1926  - 21 September 1939, in Grodno) was a Polish soldier. He was one of the youngest defenders of Grodno in September 1939, after the Soviet invasion of Poland. He was one of the civilians captured and used by the Soviets as "human shields" attached to the armor and tanks.

On 14 September 2009, he was posthumously awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta by the President of Poland, for heroism shown during the defense of Grodno in 1939.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/DetailsServlet?id=WMP20100270275 M.P. 2010 nr 27 poz. 275