He started high school in Warsaw but after the Nazi invasion of Poland, the Germans banned secondary education for Poles.
At this time he joined the Home Army and became a member of its Security Corps.
He was killed on 8 August 1944 after the break out of the Uprising, on the corner of Bracka St. and Aleje Jerozolimskie.
For his bravery in battle he was posthumously awarded the Cross of Valour and the Order of Virtuti Militari, Fifth Class.
Today, a street in the Wola neighborhood of Warsaw is named after him.