Operation Bürkl
1943 Polish resistance operation
title: "Operation Bürkl" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1943-in-poland", "nazis-assassinated-by-polish-resistance", "assassinations-in-poland", "warsaw-in-world-war-ii", "military-operations-involving-the-home-army", "scouting-and-guiding-in-poland", "general-government", "september-1943-in-europe"] description: "1943 Polish resistance operation" topic_path: "history" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Bürkl" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary 1943 Polish resistance operation ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox military conflict"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| conflict | Operation Bürkl |
| partof | Occupation of Poland (1939–1945) |
| date | 7 September 1943 |
| place | Warsaw, General Government (German-occupied Poland) |
| result | Polish victory |
| combatant1 | [[Image:Flaga PPP.svg |
| combatant2 | Nazi Germany |
| commander1 | Jerzy Zborowski |
| commander2 | Franz Bürkl |
| strength1 | 5 soldiers |
| strength2 | Unknown |
| casualties1 | None |
| casualties2 | 7-9 killed |
| :: |
| conflict = Operation Bürkl | image = | caption = | partof = Occupation of Poland (1939–1945) | date = 7 September 1943 | place = Warsaw, General Government (German-occupied Poland) | result = Polish victory
| combatant1 = [[Image:Flaga PPP.svg|25px]] Polish Underground State | combatant2 = Nazi Germany | commander1 = Jerzy Zborowski | commander2 = Franz Bürkl | strength1 = 5 soldiers | strength2 = Unknown | casualties1 = None | casualties2 = 7-9 killed
Operation Bürkl (operacja Bürkl), or the special combat action Bürkl (specjalna akcja bojowa Bürkl), was an operation by the Polish resistance conducted on 7 September 1943. It was the second action of Operation Heads, a series of assassinations of notorious SS officers in Warsaw carried out by the Kedyw's special group Agat ("Anti-Gestapo") between 1943 and 1944, and their first success.
History
The goal of the operation was to "liquidate" Franz Bürkl, a notorious Sicherheitspolizei NCO who had been sentenced to death by the Polish Underground courts for the murder of at least several dozen people. Bürkl was ambushed in broad daylight on the city's main Marszałkowska Street by a group of five young AK partisans armed with Sten submachine guns and Filipinka hand grenades. The assassins, led by 21-year-old Jerzy Zborowski, were recruited for Agat from the underground scouting organization Szare Szeregi. Bürkl and seven other German policemen were killed in the 90-second shoot-out. While the operation resulted in no losses for the resistance, the Nazis killed 20 inmates of Pawiak prison in a public execution in reprisal.
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Bibliography
References
- Strzembosz (1983), page 343-346.
- Strzembosz (1983), page 343-346.
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