June 1919 was another month of German terror in the Suwa\u0142ki, Sejny and August\u00f3w poviats. Although since November 11, 1918 the world healed the wounds after the Great War, and Poland, independent after 123 years of captivity, created its statehood in pain, our areas still remained under German and partly Lithuanian occupation.<\/p>\n
In November 1918, the Polish Military Organization (POW) operating in these areas made an attempt to liberate it from German occupation, but the Germans quickly began retaliation and few of the POW members had to go underground. At the beginning of 1919, the Germans brought the von Diebitsch Volunteer Corps to this area. The Germans used the protracted occupation for plunder and openly supported the claims of Lithuanians to the Suwa\u0142ki region. At a peace conference in Paris on March 24, 1919, the Lithuanian government submitted claims to the entire Suwa\u0142ki Governorate, including August\u00f3w. In April 1919, German troops manned the demarcation line at major points. Their posts were located in Barszcze, near Tajno, August\u00f3w, Sztabin, Sosnowo and D\u0119bowo. In connection with the situation, reconstruction of the structures of the Polish Military Organization was undertaken. August\u00f3w District of POW was divided into two sub-regions, north and south. Recruitment point of POW volunteers was located in Rajgr\u00f3d in free Poland.<\/p>\n
The headquarters of the August\u00f3w POW was in Tajno. The sub-regions were divided into commands, in today's Sztabin commune it was the \"Jaminy\" command under the lidership of J\u00f3zef Andruszkiewicz pseud. \"Redin\" from Jaminy consisting of two so-called sections, made of volunteers from the surrounding villages: Czarniewo and Jaminy as well as Mogilnice and Jaziewo. This command included, among others : Kazimierz Haraburda, Leonard Suchwa\u0142ko from Mogilnice, Ignacy Suchwa\u0142ko from Mogilnice, Albin Andraka from Mogilnice, Wac\u0142aw Puty\u0144ski, pseudo. \"Sztylet\", Teofil Chilicki and Wac\u0142aw Lewoc from Jaminy, Zygmunt Sto\u017cy\u0144ski from Jaminy, Klemens Panasewicz, Zygmunt Szumski from Mogilnice and Antoni Andracki from Jaziewo, Kazimierz Grzywi\u0144ski from Jaminy, Kazimierz \u0106mielewski from Czarniewo, Wac\u0142aw Sylwin Tomaszewski from Mogilnice, Klemens \u015awie\u017cbi\u0144ski from Jaziewo, Stanis\u0142aw Butkiewicz and Antoni Andraka, Kazimierz Szmygiel, W\u0142adys\u0142aw Chodorowski, pseud. \"Ptaszek\" from Czarniewo, the liaison officers were Kazimiera Murawska pseud. \"Sikorka\" from Jaziewo and Pelagia Wierzbicka. The command \"Sztabin\" was led by Micha\u0142 \u0141azarski. The command included: J\u00f3zef Kryszyn from Pogorza\u0142e, J\u00f3zef Szyc, Kazimierz Lotkowski from Sztabin, Aleksander Wierzbicki pseud. \"Podbipi\u0119ta\" born in Jaminy, Antoni Murawski from Sztabin, Boles\u0142aw Zag\u00f3rski, Feliks Zag\u00f3rski and Aleksander Ostapowicz from Jan\u00f3wek, Micha\u0142 B\u0142a\u017cy\u0144ski, Stanis\u0142aw B\u0142a\u017cy\u0144ski and Ludwik Or\u0142owski from Fiedorowizna, Piotr Siebiedzi\u0144ski, Stefan Staranowicz, Robert Sadowski, Leon Sadowski from Sztabin, Mieczys\u0142aw Szwerkowski from Huta, Micha\u0142 K\u0105kiel from Podcis\u00f3wek, J\u00f3zef Haraburda from Kamie\u0144, Mieczys\u0142aw Bernatowicz from Krasnoborki, Franciszek Dzieniszewski, pseudo. \"Brzoza\" from \u017bmojdak; Kazimierz Nejfeld from Lebiedzin. In Sztabin, the local priest, Fr. Jakub R\u00f3\u0142kowski was helping POW. POW divisions conducted a large-scale subversive action against the occupier, among others near Rajgr\u00f3d, Barszcze and Solist\u00f3wka. On June 10, a horse ward under the command of Lieutenant Antoni Lipski made a trip to Czarniewo, in which a dozen Germans were killed. On June 16, a branch commanded by Sergeant Micha\u0142 \u0141azarski surprised the Germans on the lock in Sosnowo, taking their weapons and uniforms, on June 18 POW fought at Netta and Barg\u0142\u00f3w.<\/p>\n
18 czerwca tzw. Sojusznicza Rada Czterech, z\u0142o\u017cona z przyw\u00f3dc\u00f3w czterech spo\u015br\u00f3d zwyci\u0119skich pa\u0144stw sprzymierzonych, czyli z Wielkiej Brytanii, Stan\u00f3w Zjednoczonych, Francji i W\u0142och, na konferencji pokojowej w Pary\u017cu wyznaczy\u0142a lini\u0119 demarkacyjn\u0105 od Rutek, przez Tur\u00f3wk\u0119, jezioro Necko i Kana\u0142 Augustowski, dziel\u0105c\u0105 powiat augustowski i August\u00f3w, cz\u0119\u015b\u0107 wschodni\u0105 przydzielaj\u0105c Litwie. Spotka\u0142o si\u0119 to ze stanowcz\u0105 reakcj\u0105 Rz\u0105du Polskiego. Reakcj\u0105 na to by\u0142o r\u00f3wnie\u017c wzmo\u017cone dzia\u0142ania POW-u. 25 czerwca oddzia\u0142y Polskiej Organizacji Wojskowej, rozgromi\u0142y Niemc\u00f3w we wsiach Reszki i Pomiany, a 29 czerwca w niedziel\u0119, oddzia\u0142y Komendy \u201eSztabin\u201d i \u201eJaminy\u201d, pod dow\u00f3dztwem Micha\u0142a \u0141azarskiego stoczyli bitw\u0119 pod Czarniewem. Niemiecki oddzia\u0142, kt\u00f3ry przeprowadza\u0142 tam rekwizycj\u0119, zosta\u0142 ca\u0142kowicie rozbity. W rezultacie tej potyczki Niemcy ust\u0105pili ze Sztabina, przenosz\u0105c si\u0119 na lini\u0119 Gabowe Gr\u0105dy – Kolnica – Sajenek, opieraj\u0105c swoj\u0105 obron\u0119 o August\u00f3w. 8 lipca w bitwie pod Tajnem zmuszono Niemc\u00f3w do wycofania si\u0119 do Prus. Tak t\u0119 walk\u0119 opisano w \u201eGazecie Zbrojnej\u201d z lipca 1929 roku: \u201eBardzo pi\u0119kn\u0105 akcj\u0105 by\u0142 r\u00f3wnie\u017c \u201ewypad\u201d O. L. Nr. 2 na Czarniewo \u2013 wie\u015b le\u017c\u0105c\u0105 nad Biebrz\u0105. Micha\u0142 \u0141azarski przeprowadzi\u0142 sw\u00f3j oddzia\u0142 nieznanemi \u015bcie\u017ckami w\u015br\u00f3d bagien na Polkowo \u2013 Mogilnice i o \u015bwicie, dzi\u0119ki zupe\u0142nemu zaskoczeniu, rozgromi\u0142 i potopi\u0142 w nadbiebrza\u0144skich moczarach kompani\u0119 niemieck\u0105, kt\u00f3ra po dokonanych w okolicy rekwizycjach tam odpoczywa\u0142a. Po poniesionych w tym okresie dotkliwych pora\u017ckach, Niemcy zgodzili si\u0119 na pertraktacje z nami\u201d.<\/p>\n
A list of signatures submitted by the inhabitants of these areas on a petition for leaving the Suwa\u0142ki and August\u00f3w regions within Poland, as well as the firm speech of the August\u00f3w MP, Fr. Stanis\u0142aw Szcz\u0119snowicz, meant that the steps taken by the Polish government led to the creation of a new border line. The poviats of August\u00f3w, Suwa\u0142ki and the western part of Sejny were within Polish borders, on July 25 the Germans left August\u00f3w, and the next day the Polish army entered.<\/p>\n
Almost the entire command of POW \"Sztabin\" and \"Jaminy\" voluntarily joined the 41st Suwa\u0142ki Infantry Regiment. The 10th Company was created from them. Everyone took part in the Polish-Bolshevik war of 1920. Several of the 10 companies of the 41st regiment were killed in defense of their homeland. To commemorate the 15th anniversary of Poland regaining independence, exactly on the 14th anniversary of the battle, on June 29, 1933, a commemorative obelisk was unveiled in Czarniewo, a boulder crowned with an iron cross, painted with stylized eagle breaking the shackles and an inscription that was a secret for 80 years. The ceremony gathered local people, veterans of those fights, authorities of the municipalities of D\u0119bowo and Sztabin, representatives of the army and the poviat. The obelisk remained intact until October 1939. On September 17 this year, Soviet troops entered Eastern Poland without declaring war. In fear of repression, the people of Czarniewo decided to forge an inscription on stone. It was probably done by Stanis\u0142aw Budkiewicz, a resident of this village, a member of the POW, a veteran of the Polish-Bolshevik war. There was no engraved list of names, but the company number and military unit were given. The fear was justified, checking the personal status of the 10th company of the 41st Suwa\u0142ki Infantry Regiment, would not pose any difficulties for the Soviets, it was a ready list of people to be repressed. For 80 years, the memory of the inscription on the monument has faded, the witnesses of those days have long since gone. We tried to read the inscription a few years ago, unfortunately with poor results. Only with the help of chalk and dozens of photos of individual parts of the monument, enlarged then on the screen, it was possible to completely recreate the historical inscription. Certainly, the inspiration to read the mysterious inscription was the fact that the obelisk from Czarniewo is one of the points of the created historical and natural trail in the area of \u200b\u200bthe Jaminy parish.<\/p>\n
Here is the content of this inscription: \"29 JUN. 1919 ON THIS PLACE, THE FIRST FIGHT WITH GERMANS WAS WON BY SZTABIN POW - LATER 10 COMP. 41 REGIMENT.<\/p>\n
ON THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY, THIS CROSS WAS FOUDED TO COMMEMORATE THE FIGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE. 29 JUNE 1933\".<\/p>\n
There is already a new plaque on the obelisk with the reconstructed inscription. Funded by Mr. Mariusz Modzelewski, who runs the Modzelewski Stonemason's Factory in Sztabin. The inscription was read by: Tomasz Chilicki from the Association of Local Initiatives \"Biebrza\" in Jaminy and Ryszard Kor\u0105kiewicz from the Jaminy Indexing Team Association. A piece of our history has been saved.<\/p>\n
The text also appeared in the June issue of the monthly Nasz Sztabi\u0144ski Dom.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Czerwiec 1919 roku by\u0142 kolejnym miesi\u0105cem niemieckiego terroru na terenach powiat\u00f3w suwalskiego, sejne\u0144skiego i augustowskiego. Chocia\u017c \u015bwiat od 11 listopada 1918 roku leczy\u0142 rany po Wielkiej Wojnie, a niepodleg\u0142a po 123 latach niewoli, Polska, tworzy\u0142a w b\u00f3lu swoj\u0105 pa\u0144stwowo\u015b\u0107, nasze tereny nadal pozostawa\u0142y pod niemieck\u0105 i cz\u0119\u015bciowo litewsk\u0105 okupacj\u0105. Jeszcze w listopadzie 1918 roku Polska […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":333,"featured_media":8081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"h5ap_radio_sources":[],"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,286],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jzi","category-ludzie"],"yoast_head":"\n