hi this is a rentry about aleksy that includes basically everything, i wanted to finish this before i go on hiatus. some stuff in the "other" part is from my own interpretation after i read every interview i could find with people who knew him personally aswell as many books!

table of contents

general

history

maciej aleksy "alek" dawidowski was a polish resistance fighter during world war 2, a second lieutenant in the home army, a scoutmaster in the grey ranks, and a commander of the sabotage and diversion platoon! he had been a boy scout since his teenage years.

he was born on the third of november, 1920 in drohobych. even though drohobych is ukrainian now, he is 100% polish as the borders have changed.. and it used to be poland back then.. his mothers name was janina dawidowska, his fathers name was aleksy dawidowski (who he got his second name from) and his sisters name was maryla (maria) strzembosz-dawidowska.

janina was arrested in 1942 and sent to the ravensbruck concentration camp, she survived the war but her death date is unknown. his father was shot to death in 1939, and his sister survived the war and lived till 2007! alek went to the gimnazjum named after stefan batory in warsaw along with his best friends, jan "rudy" bytnar and tadeusz "zoska" zawadzki.

on the 26th of march, 1943, during the rescue mission to save rudy aka "operation arsenal" alek commanded the "grenades" section in the "attack" group. unfortunately, after the rebound of the prisoners, alek got gravely injured during a gun fight.

he was transported by a stopped german car, where he threw his last grenade through the ajar door in the direction of the germans, which made it possible for everyone to return safely. sadly, alek passed away 4 days later, on the 30th of march, due to the gun shot wound.

he was posthumously awarded with the cross of the order of virtuti militari 5th class, and the commanders cross with the star of the order of polonia restituta.

you can read a more detailed and accurate version here (matter of fact, please read that one)

description

alek had blond hair and bright blue eyes, he was described as exceptionally tall for his time, athletic and lean. he did sports such as skiing (which was his favorite) basketball track and swimming. he never put much effort into his appearance, very effortessly handsome if you ask me 🎶♥︎

traits

he was said to be very cheerful and optimistic about everything, even in hard times. he was sometimes described as childish. he put others before himself, even risking his life to save a friend. he believed in sacrifice for a greater cause. alek loved doing, he thrived in high-risk situations and had a taste for daring operations, sabotage missions, removing nazi symbols, and direct action. alek's demeanor was characterized by a constant smile, rapid and enthusiastic speech, and expressive gestures, reflecting his energetic personality.

letters

this is a work in progress
"don't be shy at all, my parents are very happy to see guests like you. you arouse sympathy with your length just like children do with their small sizes for mothers and those in whom the maternal instinct is developed." rudys letter to alek, i think this is really cute

other

debates

yesterday i got into a bit of a debate with my bestfriend over if:

• alek was a feminist
• alek was a socialist

my stance was that he was both!
she argued that alek was a man in the 1940s and his girlfriend was 15 while he was 19.
meanwhile, i can comfortably say that:

1. alek's mother was not a "tradwife" or anything of sorts. she was a very educated woman that was an engineer, if he lived in a misogynistic household, his mother would not have said occupation. speaking of his family, he was incredibly close to his mother and sister, especially after his father died. to me, that proves he most likely had a lot of respect for women in general! his girlfriend was also highly educated and went to college. besides, age gaps like that were common back then, and they met through scouting.
2. alek was a part of PLAN (polish people's independence action, polska ludowa akcja niepodległościowa) which was left wing and socialist. he also took part in the debates "polska jutra" in the grey ranks, which often spoke of a socialist poland. that kills two birds with one stone. because he was all for equality, he was definitely feminist.

fun facts

alek was multilingual, theres not much information about how he did in school, but we do know he could speak polish, german, and french. he was on the math-physics profile in highschool.

even though his name was maciej, everyone, including himself, referred to him as "aleksy" or most commonly, "alek", which was also his codename.

he had many nicknames, such as alek, axy, aluś, kopernicki, glizda, koziorożec and dryblas.

historians and his friends often highlighted alek's deep moral reflections. he frequently wrote about the "conscience" and the ethics of violence, even against enemies.

he was very much a "mama's boy". he always helped her as much as he could, and when she was arrested he blamed himself for it and considered giving himself to the gestapo just so they would set her free.

alek had a collection of hats. his favorites were cowboy hats, while there are no photos of him wearing one, it is said in "rudy, alek, zoska" that when basia first saw him, he was wearing a white cowboy hat! how charming he was.

tropes

married, red string of fate, together in death, i will wait for you, anger born of worry, foolish husband x responsible husband, soulbound, opposites attract

personal opinions

if anyone wants to watch films about alek and his friends, please watch akcja pod arsenalem and not kamienie na szaniec. i hate it, and i think its very inaccurate. first of all, it focuses solely on zoska and rudy, and theres barely anything about alek. it also focuses way too much on rudys and his girlfriends relationship for some ungodly reason, and the actors look NOTHING like the real zoska rudy and alek.

about the akcja pod arsenalem 1978 film, i think its amazing, and its definitely one of my favorites of all time. but again, the actors are.. something. except for zoskas actor, because he looks really similar to him! even someone that knew alek personally said aleks actor looks really off!

(i reccommend reading the books first though)

if youre not polish, then fyi "kamienie na szaniec" is a set book everyone in middle school has to read. but ive heard that recently, most teacher dont pay alek much attention and only focus on zoska and rudy. back in my days.. we had entire lessons talking about alek (aswell as zoska and rudy of course) but now? i saw multiple people talking about how their teachers completely skimmed past his story. due to this, people forget about him completely and hes constantly referred to as "the third one"

i have mixed feelings about the kns community in general, i think most of them are only interested in how the actors in the 2014 film look like and dont care about the real story. another problem in the "fandom" is the ai edits and images, which of course comes from the lack of good quality colorized photos of them. i didnt really care about them at first, but then i started noticing ai ship edits popping up on my tiktok for you page.. now this might seem crazy but i saw an image of zoska and alek kissing. the unbelievable 'ships' come from tiktok roleplay accounts. who in their right mind would roleplay as real dead people anyway? dont you think they deserve respect and dignity?

even though the main culprits apologized and deleted their posts, there are still TONS of roleplay accounts that i literally cannot stand!! theyre all so heavily mischaracterized it pisses me off so bad but no one can do anything about them, really. theyve been at it for years, and i doubt they will change at this point. the community is like this because as i said, you read this book in middle school, and the audience is teenagers. (in my opinion, this book should be introduced in high school instead)

despite the weirdos, i am friends with many kns editors that i adore! theyre all super kind, and there are normal people in the community afterall!

urls

/maciej associations
/aleksy informations about rpf
/dawidowski you're here :-)
/maciejaleksydawidowski directory
/alekdawidowski lovemail
/maciejdawidowski nothing yet lol
/aleksydawidowski nothing yet lol 2
/diversion alek's history
/uprising other url list