Rogów raid

It was carried out by 49 members of Łódź branch of the Combat Organization of the Polish Socialist Party, under Jozef “Montwill” Mirecki.

In the same year, the memoirs were printed in a book “Organizacja Bojowa – Katorga – Rewolucja Rosyjska”, with a foreword by Ignacy Daszynski.

A rail station of Rogow, located 10 minutes from the hub of Koluszki, was chosen for the raid”, wrote Kwapinski.

Before the raid, selected members of the Combat Organization walked the distance from Rogow to Łódź, to get acquainted with the area.

After it got dark, we set on the route towards Rogow, to get there in the morning (...) Tired after reaching our destination, we waited for the evening, for the mail train going from Russian-Austrian border to Warsaw”.

After a few seconds they started to run away (...) The raid lasted 18 minutes, and when it was over, Comrade Grzegorz thanked us, wishing a safe return to Łódź.