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A Sadowski Collection

Collection for Kazimierz Sadowski (father of Andrzej Sadowski), Polish Navy Officer. In the September 1939 campaign he served on submarine ORP Zbik and was interned in Sweden.

Title	Description	Related military service	Related Museum Gallery
Kazimierz Sadowski receives Polish Navy Sword of Honour	This photograph shows Sub Lieutenant Kazimierz Sadowski (Andrew's father), first in his class at the Polish Naval Academy, receiving the Polish Navy Sword of Honour from Kontradmiral Jerzy Swirski, on the deck of ORP Bałtyk in October 1936. In September 1939, Kazimierz Sadowski was serving as the torpedo officer on submarine ORP Zbik and was interned in Sweden for the duration of the war (together with submarines ORP Sep and ORP Rys).	Polish navy	Interwar Borderlands
Polish Navy records of Lieut Bronislaw (Horodyski) Hackbeil	In September 1939, Kazimierz Sadowski (Andrew's father) was serving as the torpedo officer on the submarine ORP Zbik, and was interned in Sweden for the duration of the war, along with submarines ORP Sep and ORP Rys. Andrew's uncle, Lieutenant Bronislaw (Horodyski) Hackbeil was an officer on ORP Sep and was also interned in Sweden. This is his pre-war Polish Navy record.	Polish navy	Escape to fight from abroad (1939-40)
Polish Navy records of Captain Zebrowski	In September 1939, Kazimierz Sadowski (Andrew's father) was serving as the torpedo officer on the submarine ORP Zbik, and was interned in Sweden for the duration of the war, along with submarines ORP Sep and ORP Rys. Andrew's godfather, and friend of Kazimierz Sadowski, was the Captain of ORP Zbik, Komandor ppor. Michal Zebrowski. These are his Polish Navy records.	Polish navy	Escape to fight from abroad (1939-40)
Ceremony honouring Polish Submariners in Sweden	Three Polish submarines ORP Zbik, ORP Sep and ORP Rys interned in Sweden from September 1939 - Marielund, Sweden until 1945. Andrzej Sadowski's father Kazimierz Sadowski was the Torpedo Officer aboard ORP Zbik. This photograph shows a ceremony with the Polish and Swedish community at the cemetery in Mariefred, honouring the Polish submariners who died (many from illness as a result of cold and poor facilities) during internment.	Polish navy	Lest we forget…
German ships sunk by ORP Zbik	Three Polish submarines ORP Zbik, ORP Sep and ORP Rys interned in Sweden from 25th September 1939 - Marielund, Sweden until 1945. Andrzej Sadowski's father, Kazimierz Sadowski, was the Torpedo Officer aboard ORP Zbik. This article shows the German ships that ORP Zbik sank in the Baltic during the September campaign, before her internment in Sweden.	Polish navy	German & Soviet Invasion (1939)
Kazimierz Sadowski in Sweden	Three Polish submarines ORP Zbik, ORP Sep and ORP Rys interned in Sweden from September 1939 - Marielund, Sweden until 1945. Andrzej Sadowski's father, Kazimierz Sadowski, was the Torpedo Officer aboard ORP Zbik. This photographs was taken in Sweden.	Polish navy	Escape to fight from abroad (1939-40)
Ceremony honouring Polish Submariners in Sweden	Three Polish submarines ORP Zbik, ORP Sep and ORP Rys interned in Sweden from September 1939 - Marielund, Sweden until 1945. Andrzej Sadowski's father, Kazimierz Sadowski, was the Torpedo Officer aboard ORP Zbik. This photograph shows a ceremony with the Polish and Swedish community at the cemetery in Mariefred, honouring the Polish submariners who died (many from illness as a result of cold and poor facilities) during internment.	Polish navy	Lest we forget…
Ceremony honouring Polish Submariners in Sweden	Three Polish submarines ORP Zbik, ORP Sep and ORP Rys interned in Sweden from September 1939 - Marielund, Sweden until 1945. Andrzej Sadowski's father, Kazimierz Sadowski, was the Torpedo Officer aboard ORP Zbik. This photograph shows a ceremony with the Polish and Swedish community at the cemetery in Mariefred, honouring the Polish submariners who died (many from illness as a result of cold and poor facilities) during internment.	Polish navy	Lest we forget…
Ceremony honouring Polish Submariners in Sweden	Three Polish submarines ORP Zbik, ORP Sep and ORP Rys interned in Sweden from September 1939 - Marielund, Sweden until 1945. Andrzej Sadowski's father, Kazimierz Sadowski, was the Torpedo Officer aboard ORP Zbik. This photograph shows a ceremony with the Polish and Swedish community at the cemetery in Mariefred, honouring the Polish submariners who died (many from illness as a result of cold and poor facilities) during internment.	Polish navy	Lest we forget…
Ceremony honouring Polish Submariners in Sweden	Three Polish submarines ORP Zbik, ORP Sep and ORP Rys interned in Sweden from September 1939 - Marielund, Sweden until 1945. Andrzej Sadowski's father, Kazimierz Sadowski, was the Torpedo Officer aboard ORP Zbik. This photograph shows a ceremony with the Polish and Swedish community at the cemetery in Mariefred, honouring the Polish submariners who died (many from illness as a result of cold and poor facilities) during internment.	Polish navy	Lest we forget…
Ceremony honouring Polish Submariners in Sweden	Three Polish submarines ORP Zbik, ORP Sep and ORP Rys interned in Sweden from September 1939 - Marielund, Sweden until 1945. Andrzej Sadowski's father, Kazimierz Sadowski, was the Torpedo Officer aboard ORP Zbik. This photograph shows a ceremony with the Polish and Swedish community at the cemetery in Mariefred, honouring the Polish submariners who died (many from illness as a result of cold and poor facilities) during internment.	Polish navy	Lest we forget…
Ceremony honouring Polish Submariners in Sweden	Three Polish submarines ORP Zbik, ORP Sep and ORP Rys interned in Sweden from September 1939 - Marielund, Sweden until 1945. Andrzej Sadowski's father, Kazimierz Sadowski, was the Torpedo Officer aboard ORP Zbik. This photograph shows a ceremony with the Polish and Swedish community at the cemetery in Mariefred, honouring the Polish submariners who died (many from illness as a result of cold and poor facilities) during internment.	Polish navy	Lest we forget…
Ceremony honouring Polish Submariners in Sweden	Three Polish submarines ORP Zbik, ORP Sep and ORP Rys interned in Sweden from September 1939 - Marielund, Sweden until 1945. Andrzej Sadowski's father, Kazimierz Sadowski, was the Torpedo Officer aboard ORP Zbik. This photograph shows a ceremony with the Polish and Swedish community at the cemetery in Mariefred, honouring the Polish submariners who died (many from illness as a result of cold and poor facilities) during internment.	Polish navy	Lest we forget…
Ceremony honouring Polish Submariners in Sweden	Three Polish submarines ORP Zbik, ORP Sep and ORP Rys interned in Sweden from September 1939 - Marielund, Sweden until 1945. Andrzej Sadowski's father, Kazimierz Sadowski, was the Torpedo Officer aboard ORP Zbik. This photograph shows a ceremony with the Polish and Swedish community at the cemetery in Mariefred, honouring the Polish submariners who died (many from illness as a result of cold and poor facilities) during internment.	Polish navy	Lest we forget…
Ceremony honouring Polish Submariners in Sweden	Three Polish submarines ORP Zbik, ORP Sep and ORP Rys interned in Sweden from September 1939 - Marielund, Sweden until 1945. Andrzej Sadowski's father, Kazimierz Sadowski, was the Torpedo Officer aboard ORP Zbik. This photograph shows a ceremony with the Polish and Swedish community at the cemetery in Mariefred, honouring the Polish submariners who died (many from illness as a result of cold and poor facilities) during internment.	Polish navy	Lest we forget…
Ceremony honouring Polish Submariners in Sweden	Three Polish submarines ORP Zbik, ORP Sep and ORP Rys interned in Sweden from September 1939 - Marielund, Sweden until 1945. Andrzej Sadowski's father, Kazimierz Sadowski ,was the Torpedo Officer aboard ORP Zbik. This photograph shows a ceremony with the Polish and Swedish community at the cemetery in Mariefred, honouring the Polish submariners who died (many from illness as a result of cold and poor facilities) during internment.	Polish navy	Lest we forget…
Ceremony honouring Polish Submariners in Sweden	Three Polish submarines ORP Zbik, ORP Sep and ORP Rys interned in Sweden from September 1939 - Marielund, Sweden until 1945. Andrzej Sadowski's father, Kazimierz Sadowski, was the Torpedo Officer aboard ORP Zbik. This photograph shows a ceremony with the Polish and Swedish community at the cemetery in Mariefred, honouring the Polish submariners who died (many from illness as a result of cold and poor facilities) during internment.	Polish navy	Lest we forget…
Ceremony honouring Polish Submariners in Sweden	Three Polish submarines ORP Zbik, ORP Sep and ORP Rys interned in Sweden from September 1939 - Marielund, Sweden until 1945. Andrzej Sadowski's father, Kazimierz Sadowski, was the Torpedo Officer aboard ORP Zbik. This photograph shows a ceremony with the Polish and Swedish community at the cemetery in Mariefred, honouring the Polish submariners who died (many from illness as a result of cold and poor facilities) during internment.	Polish navy	Lest we forget…
Ceremony honouring Polish Submariners in Sweden	Three Polish submarines ORP Zbik, ORP Sep and ORP Rys interned in Sweden from September 1939 - Marielund, Sweden until 1945. Andrzej Sadowski's father, Kazimierz Sadowski, was the Torpedo Officer aboard ORP Zbik. This photograph shows a ceremony with the Polish and Swedish community, at the cemetery in Mariefred, to honour the Polish submariners who died (many from illness as a result of cold and poor facilities) during internment.	Polish navy	Lest we forget…
Naval Officers presented to President of Poland, 1936	This photograph shows the presentation of new Polish Naval officers to the President of Poland, Prof I Moscicki, and Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Forces, Marshal Rydz-Smigly, at Warsaw Castle, 15th October 1936. Fourth from left is Sub-Lieutenant Kazimierz Sadowski (Andrew's father). In September 1939, Kazimierz Sadowski was serving as the torpedo officer on the submarine ORP Zbik, and was interned in Sweden for the duration of the war (together with submarines ORP Sep and ORP Rys).	Polish navy	Interwar Borderlands
Polish Captain and Swedish interning Officer, 1939	Three Polish submarines ORP Zbik, ORP Sep and ORP Rys interned in Marielund, Sweden from September 1939 until 1945. Andrzej Sadowski's father ,Kazimierz Sadowski ,was the Torpedo Officer aboard ORP Zbik. This photograph - taken in September 1939 - shows the commander of ORP Ryś, Captain Aleksander Grochowski (1901-1992), with Swedish internment officer, Captain Erlass.	Polish navy	Escape to fight from abroad (1939-40)
Polish Navy submarine ORP Zbik	Three Polish submarines ORP Zbik, ORP Sep and ORP Rys interned in Sweden from September 1939 - Marielund, Sweden until 1945. Andrzej Sadowski's father, Kazimierz Sadowski, was the Torpedo Officer aboard ORP Zbik. This article provides information about ORP Zbik.	Polish navy	Escape to fight from abroad (1939-40)
Polish submarine ORP Sep, in 2008	Three Polish submarines ORP Zbik, ORP Sep and ORP Rys interned in Sweden from September 1939 - Marielund, Sweden until 1945. Andrzej Sadowski's father, Kazimierz Sadowski, was the Torpedo Officer aboard ORP Zbik.	Polish navy	Lest we forget…
Polish submariners interned in Sweden	Three Polish submarines ORP Zbik, ORP Sep and ORP Rys interned in Sweden from September 1939 - Marielund, Sweden until 1945. Andrzej Sadowski's father, Kazimierz Sadowski, was the Torpedo Officer aboard ORP Zbik. This photographs shows Polish sailors marching past a house in Sweden.	Polish navy	Escape to fight from abroad (1939-40)
Polish submarines interned in Sweden	Three Polish submarines ORP Zbik, ORP Sep and ORP Rys interned in Sweden from September 1939 - Marielund, Sweden until 1945. Andrzej Sadowski's father, Kazimierz Sadowski ,was the Torpedo Officer aboard ORP Zbik.	Polish navy	Escape to fight from abroad (1939-40)
Polish submarines interned in Sweden	Three Polish submarines ORP Zbik, ORP Sep and ORP Rys interned in Sweden from September 1939 - Marielund, Sweden until 1945. Andrzej Sadowski's father, Kazimierz Sadowski, was the Torpedo Officer aboard ORP Zbik	Polish navy	Escape to fight from abroad (1939-40)
Position of Polish submarines 1939	Polish submarines ORP Zbik, ORP Sep and ORP Rys were interned in Sweden in September 1939. Sub Lieutenant Kazimierz Sadowski, Andrzej Sadowski's father, served as Torpedo Officer aboard ORP Zbik. This shows the Worek Plan, the positioning of the Polish submarines in the Baltic in 1939.	Polish navy	German & Soviet Invasion (1939)
Polish submarines interned in Sweden	Three Polish submarines ORP Zbik, ORP Sep and ORP Rys interned in Sweden from September 1939 - Marielund, Sweden until 1945. Andrzej Sadowski's father Kazimierz Sadowski was the Torpedo Officer aboard ORP Zbik	Polish navy	Escape to fight from abroad (1939-40)
Polish submarine Officers interned in Sweden	Polish submarine officers from submarines ORP Zbik, ORP Sep and ORP Rys interned in Sweden in September 1939 - Marielund, Sweden, May 1943: From left to right: Lieutenant Commander Rekrer, Lieutenant Bronislaw Hackbeil (Horodyski), Andrzej Sadowski's uncle who served aboard ORP Sep, Lieutenant Pachocinski, Lieutenant Commander Milisiewicz, Commander Salamon, Sub Lieutenant Hedinger, Commander Michal Zebrowski Captain of ORP Zbik and Andrzej Sadowski's Godfather, Commander Grochowski, Sub Lieutenant Kazimierz Sadowski, Andrzej Sadowski's father who served as Torpedo Officer aboard ORP Zbik	Polish navy	Polish Forces in the West (1940-45)
Polish Navy memorial Sweden	Polish Navy Memorial to the Polish submarine crew who were interned in Sweden Sept 1939-1945. This photograph was taken in 2002 when Andrzej Sadowski (son of ORP Zbik Officer Kazimierz Sadowski) visited Sweden.	Polish navy	Lest we forget…
Polish Navy crew interned in Sweden	Polish Navy crew and submarines interned in Sweden during the September 1939 campaign. Kazimierz Sadowski, a Torpedo Officer in the Polish Navy on submarine ORP Zbik was interned in Sweden from 25th September 1939 until 5th December 1944. During his internment from 1st July 1940, until his arrest by the Swedes on 24th May 1943, he acted as Chief of Radio Intelligence secretly listening to German radio-telegraphic transmissions and messages from the underground in Poland and sending coded reports on to the Allied Command in England.	Polish navy	Polish Forces in the West (1940-45)