Soldier, athlete, Cichociemni tortured by the Gestapo in Minsk.
3x MP medalist, 2nd vice-champion of the Army (1935), Olympian of the Olympic Games Berlin 1936 (Running II), 1937-39 head of the equestrian section of WKS Legia.
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A very good player. Very high physical abilities. Very dutiful, very diligent, conscientious and passionate about horse riding. Due to his great skills, leaving him at the Higher Course of Horse Riding Instructors is very desirable. He completed the course with an excellent result. In accordance with the commandant's recommendation, Lt. Sokołowski was appointed to a higher course, in which he participated from October 1932 to September 1933 and graduated with second place. (…)
In the 1930s he was one of the best riders in the country. He achieved his first successes in international competitions as early as 7. On June 1932, during the Central National and International Equestrian Competitions in Warsaw's Łazienki, in the Dressage Competition for the Award of the Society for the Encouragement of Horse Breeding in Poland, he took the third place on Lala. In May 1931, in Watasze, he won the XNUMXnd place in the Dressage Competition at the competition in Grudziądz, organized by the Pomeranian Society for the Encouragement of Horse Breeding. He also participated in the Polish Equestrian Championships held since XNUMX, in which he stood on the podium four times. (…)
In the interwar period, Tadeusz Sokołowski was active in two sports clubs. In 1926, he worked at the "Gryf" Military Sports Club in Toruń, and in the years 1937-1939 he headed the equestrian section of the "Legia" Military Sports Club in Warsaw. (…)
As Cichociemni, he adopted the pseudonym "Trop" and Tadeusz Serafin. (…)
After a failed (due to betrayal by the guard) attempt to break free from the Minsk prison, Major Tadeusz Sokołowski, previously tortured during the investigation, was tortured to death on the stairs of the Gestapo building in Minsk on the night of February 6/7, 1943.
Author: Renata Urban
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Entry updated: 14.05.2024/XNUMX/XNUMX
Tadeusz Sokolowski was murdered by the Gestapo in Minsk on the night of February 6/7, 1943. He was 38 years old.
In 1980, in the left nave of the church of St. Jack at ul. Freta in Warsaw, a plaque was unveiled in memory of soldiers of the Home Army, Cichociemni - paratroopers from England and Italy, who died for Poland's independence. Tadeusz Sokołowski is among the 110 fallen Cichociemni.
1st Regiment of Light Cavalry of Józef Piłsudski
(mp. Warsaw, amaranth border).
The regiment referred to the tradition of the 1st Light Horse Regiment of the Polish Guard of Emperor Napoleon I and the 1st Uhlan Regiment of the Polish Legions "Belina". It was recreated in November 1918 by officers of the former 1st Light Horse Regiment of the Polish Legions, headed by Capt. Gustaw Orlicz-Dreszer. From 1921, the regiment was stationed in Warsaw near Belweder. It was said to be one of the elite cavalry regiments of the interwar period. It was popularly called the "National Guard", although it never officially received this name.
Rejoice, brave cavalryman,
You have protection at Belweder.
The cavalrymen shake their heads,
They want to be the National Guard.
They shake their asses, they shake their heads,
They want to be the National Guard.
They want to have guardsman manners.
Be Be ery, cavalry.
Always proud of his boss,
This is Piłsudski's cavalryman.
The cavalryman takes the upper hand,
Under the patronage of the Belweder Palace.
In the Belweder Palace, in the quarters
Sleep, brother cavalryman.
And remember, cavalryman,
That you are on guard at Belweder.
From the parade and the celebration,
For the protection of the President.
They are sitting like this in Warsaw
With a glass and a coffee.
The whole bunch are suckers
In the First Cavalry Regiment.
More gentlemen than suckers,
This is the first cavalry.
Some gentlemen and painters,
This is the first horse regiment.
From aides and doctors
Warsaw has a regiment of brats.
Source: Żurawiejki (1995) – Stanisław Radomyski
Publications in the Polish Digital Equestrian Library:
Click on the links below to access related materials in the Polish Digital Equestrian Library (will open in a new tab):
“Traditions of horse sports in Poland until 1939” (2022) – Renata Urban
“The Great Evacuation 1939-1940” (2020) – Janusz Wróbel
"Athletes at the front" [link] (2015) - Karolina Apiecionek
“Tadeusz Sokołowski – Olympian from Berlin 1936” (2012) – Renata Urban
"Tadeusz Sokołowski" (2012) - Witold Danish
“History of horse riding, part XII” (1992) – Witold Domański
“History of horse riding, part XI” (1992) – Witold Domański
“History of horse riding, part X” (1992) – Witold Domański
“Equestrian sport in the Polish Army 1921-1939” (1989)
“Poles in the Nations Cup, 1923-1982” (1982) – Witold Domański
“Berlin Olympics 1936” (1982) – Witold Pruski
“Olympic jumping competition” (1936) – Tadeusz Grabowski
“International horse competition in Riga” (1936) – Adam Królikiewicz
“Pre-Olympic horse competition in Gdynia” (1936) – Ignacy Wieleżyński
“Tadeusz Sokołowski – Cichociemny” [link]
Related Legends:
Tadeusz Komorowski
Colonel of the Polish Army cavalry. Commander in Chief of the Home Army. Commander of the Warsaw Uprising. Prime Minister of the Polish government in exile.
Leon Con
Horse riding trainer, co-founder of the Polish Equestrian Association and its general secretary. Knight of the Cross of Valor and the Silver Cross of Merit.
Leon Burniewicz
1939nd Vice-Champion of Poland in the Comprehensive Riding Horse Competition. Soldier, Trainer. Activist of the Polish Equestrian Association. Awarded the Medal for the War of XNUMX. Major of the Polish Army.
Polish Cavalry Revue – Kraków, 1933
On October 6.10.1933, 250, the Polish Riding Festival took place - a great horse revue organized to celebrate the XNUMXth anniversary of the Vienna Victory.
Stanislaw Czerniawski
Cavalry Captain of the Polish Army, Olympian (Berlin 1936), Knight of the Order of Virtuti Militari. He died in defense of Poland on September 10, 1939 near Chruślin.
Cavalry Training Center
The cavalry training center of the Polish Army of the Second Republic of Poland in 1928-1939 in the Grudziądz garrison. It was the largest military training unit of this type in Europe.
Gallery:
Lieutenant Tadeusz Sokołowski jumps on Fairy.
in the Latvian Cup.
