Alfons Zgrzebniok

Alfons Alfred Zgrzebniok, codename Rakoczy, was a Polish teacher, activist, and politician from Silesia. He was one of the cofounders of the Polish Insurgent Association in the early 1920s and also helped organize the Association for Defense of the Western Border and the Committee for the Defense of Upper Silesia. He commanded the Polish-Silesian forces in both the First and Second Silesian Uprising. He was the recipient of several awards and several schools and other landmarks in Poland are named after him. He has also been the subject of a number of poems and songs.