Zawisza (Szare Szeregi)

Postmen during the Warsaw Uprising

Monument to Mały Powstaniec (Little partisan) in Warsaw, erected to commemorate all the children that fought and fell in the Warsaw Uprising.

Zawisza (Zawiszacy) was a group of the youngest Scouts of the Szare Szeregi.

The troops organised for children between 12 and 14 years of age were code-named after Zawisza Czarny, a famous Polish medieval knight and diplomat. The troops did not take part in active resistance. Instead, the children were prepared for auxiliary service for the upcoming all-national uprising and taught in secret schools for their future duties in liberated Poland. Among the best-known auxiliary troops formed by the Zawiszacy was the Scouting Postal Service organised during the Warsaw Uprising.