The Warsaw Underground

<p> The German invasion of Poland in September 1939 abruptly ended author Jan Rosinski's student life and propelled him into an activist role in the Polish resistance organization <I>Armia Krajowa</I>. In short order he became a talented forger of Nazi documents especially travel papers that allowed many refugees to escape the city. His university studies in chemistry and physics created a role for him as an effective saboteur. Narrowly escaping death on several occasions he was fearless in his pursuits.</p><p> His dislike of the Nazi leadership was exceeded by an even greater hatred of the Soviet Army as it invaded Poland from the East less than a month later. Poland would be sealed off from the West for fifty years. Rosinski's travails as a POW in Germany eventually led him to the Allied forces in Germany; the U.S. became the beneficiary of his brilliant discoveries in atmospheric science. Jan was accompanied on his life's journey by his wife Barbara (d. 1993) who served as a medical officer in the underground army; Jan died in 2012.</p>