Polish Red Cross
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Polish Red Cross is the Polish member of International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
. It was founded in 1919 by Dr. Benjamin Reschovsky of Warsaw City Hospital and recognized by the Red Cross on July 24th 1919, and its first president was Paweł Sapieha.
the chairwoman of organization Assistance to Political Prisoners (Pompolit, Помощь политическим заключенным, Помполит). was awarded by an order of Polish Red Cross for her participation in the exchange of POWs among two sides.
and Henryk Zygalski
managed to escape from occupied France to Spain, but were then imprisoned by the Spanish. The Polish Red Cross gained access to them, and arrangements were made for food packages to be delivered. The Red Cross personnel, aware of who they were communicating with, then displayed their own rather daring cryptographic ingenuity. They sent ahead a list, in plain Polish, of "Polish Prisoners" who were to receive packages.
The Red Cross were later able to secure their release.
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is an international humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide which was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and to prevent and alleviate human...
. It was founded in 1919 by Dr. Benjamin Reschovsky of Warsaw City Hospital and recognized by the Red Cross on July 24th 1919, and its first president was Paweł Sapieha.
Polish Soviet War
Before the World War II, the PCK operated ambulances for the Polish Army, in order to save Army's budget. In 1922 after Polish–Soviet War Polish Red Cross participated in exchange Polish and Russian prisoners. Ekaterina PeshkovaEkaterina Peshkova
Yekaterina Pavlovna Peshkova née Volzhina was a Soviet human rights activist and humanitarian, first wife of Maxim Gorky.Before the October Revolution she took an active part in the work of the Committee for Assistance to Russian Political Prisoners under the leadership of Vera Figner...
the chairwoman of organization Assistance to Political Prisoners (Pompolit, Помощь политическим заключенным, Помполит). was awarded by an order of Polish Red Cross for her participation in the exchange of POWs among two sides.
WWII Work in Spain
In 1942, the eminent Polish cryptologists Marian RejewskiMarian Rejewski
Marian Adam Rejewski was a Polish mathematician and cryptologist who in 1932 solved the plugboard-equipped Enigma machine, the main cipher device used by Germany...
and Henryk Zygalski
Henryk Zygalski
Henryk Zygalski was a Polish mathematician and cryptologist who worked at breaking German Enigma ciphers before and during World War II.-Life:...
managed to escape from occupied France to Spain, but were then imprisoned by the Spanish. The Polish Red Cross gained access to them, and arrangements were made for food packages to be delivered. The Red Cross personnel, aware of who they were communicating with, then displayed their own rather daring cryptographic ingenuity. They sent ahead a list, in plain Polish, of "Polish Prisoners" who were to receive packages.
| "Polish Prisoner" | English |
|---|---|
| Zygmunt Przybylski | Zygmunt Przybylski |
| Komisja Przyjeżdza | Commission Arrives |
| Jutro Ze stolicy | Tomorrowfrom Thecapital |
| Bedzie U was | Itwill Visityou |
| Przygotujcie Uwagi | Prepare Remarks |
| O warunkach W obozie | Onconditions Incamp |
| Spis Chorych | Andsick List |
| Trzmajcie się | Good Luck |
| Mikołaj Cieślak | Mikolaj Cieslak |
| Marian Woźniak | Marian Wozniak |
The Red Cross were later able to secure their release.