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Karol Szwedowski
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'''Karol (Charles) Szwedowski''' ([[1889]]-[[1941]]), Was a diplomat master builder,
contract to work at [[Westerplatte]]. He was one of the civilian defenders of this installation in 1939.

On December 13, 1927, at the age of 38, he received the diploma of
master builder and was accepted to the Craftsmen's Guild of the city
of Pultusk.  On April 4, 1934 he arrived in [[Gdansk]] from '''Legionowo'''.  He
was hired as a contract worker by the Military Transit Depot of
Westerplatte.  He worked there seasonally until 1939.  During this
period he built the roof covering over the chapel and the 
infirmary on the west side, and next, on the east side, the roof covering of the uniform warehouse. On the north side, the building of a new furnace for heating the laundry, and the rebuilding of the basement to heat the dining room of the sub officer casino.

During the defense of Westerplatte on September 1-7, 1939, he assisted
the wounded and fighting soldiers.  Many mentions of his help to the
fighters can be found in the book "Westerplatte" published by
Wydawnictwo Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej (the '''Publishing House of the
Ministry of National Defense''') in [[Warsaw]] in 1978.
As well as in the renowned feature film "Westerplatte" directed by Stanislaw Rozewicz and produced in 1967.  In this movie the role of Karol Szwedowski was played by Wladyslaw Kowalski.

After being arrested he was sent to the camp Stutthof.  At first it
was thought that he perished in this camp, but there is evidence to
the contrary in the form of a death certificate issued on the basis of
the record books for the day of August 30, 1941 in the [[General
Governement|Governorship]] in Legionowo (document number 105 of the year 1941).  The
death certificate states that Karol Szwedowski, son of Jacenty
(father) and Jozefa (mother), died in Legionowo at '''Bukowiec''' on August
30, 1941, at the age of 52.

His son '''Ryszard (Richard) Szwedowski''' was an officer in the [[Polish Army]].  He was murdered by the [[Germans]] in [[Palmira]].

*[[Poland]]
*[[Westerplatte]]

[[Category:1889 births|Szwedowski, Karol]]
[[Category:1941 deaths|Szwedowski, Karol]]
[[Category:Polish people|Szwedowski, Karol]]