Radio Amateurs members of the Dobrzycki Klub Krótkofalowcow, SP3PDO will be active using special calls SP100TRA and SO100TRA from Dobrzyca, Poland, commemorating 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Henryk Jerzy Chmielewsi, Papcio Chmiel.
They will operate on HF Bands.
QSL via SP3PDO.
Information from their QRZ page:
HENRYK JERZY CHMIELEWSKI (Papcio Chmiel) was born on June 7, 1923 in Warsaw, in a tenement house at ul. Nowomiejska 18/20 built into the eastern part of the Barbican, demolished in 1818. His father was Józef Chmielewski (1879 - 1944), and his mother Antonina née Mikonowicz (1884 - 1974). He had two sisters: Wacława (Ogrodowczyk 1910-1997) and Stanisława (Ostrowska 1912-1975).
He graduated from 6 classes of the General School at ul. Rybaki, and until 1939, three classes of Gimnazjum im. st. Żeromski in Warsaw. At the same time, he was a member of the 76th Warsaw ZHP team.
The five-year German occupation was a time of struggle for survival, smuggling trips to the countryside for food, intertwined with studies and exercises in the underground Home Army. In 1941, he graduated from the fourth grade of junior high school and passed the so-called. "small matura", camouflaged under the name Municipal Preparatory Courses for Vocational Schools (Stadtische Vorbereitungslehrgang fur Fachschulen). In 1944, he graduated from the State Secondary School of Construction (Staatliche Fachschule fur Bauwesen).
The occupation is life in constant hunger, fear of death, deportation to slave labor in the Reich, but also first loves, dances, weddings. As a senior officer cadet shooter, pseudonym "Jupiter", of the 7th Infantry Regiment of the Home Army "Garłuch", 2nd battalion, company "Stachna", he took part in the Warsaw Uprising in an unsuccessful attack on the German Okęcie airport. After a two-month stay in captivity, he escaped and hid in the village of Janisławice, Głuchów, hosted by Piotr Biskupski. After the entry of the Red Army on January 17, 1945, he found his family home in ruins. He lived in Łódź at ul. Nawrot 8 and took a job as a draftsman in the Central Board of the Textile Industry, which had just been established. At the same time, he attended the second year of high school, the newly opened private gymnasium of Prof. Duczymiński.
After failing a four-month accelerated final exam, he was mobilized in June 1945 to the Artillery Officers' School in Toruń. After refusing to be educated as an officer of the Polish People's Army, he was penally transferred to a cavalry battery of grooms, and then to the Faculty of Sciences for fine arts. In August 1947, he was demobilized with the rank of corporal.
On September 1, 1947, he began working as a graphic designer and publicist in the editorial office of "Świat Przygód". After changing the title to "Świat Młodych", he worked in the editorial office until his retirement. In the years 1950-1956 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, obtaining a professional diploma of Artist Visual Artist No. 434. He was a member of the Association of Polish Artists and Designers, leg. 3845.
His work was mainly based on drawing a comic book from 1957, whose heroes are Tytus, Romek and A'Tomek, with a circulation of over 11 million copies. The image of the three heroes has been used in many productions so far: posters, postage stamps, mugs, lollipops, Toruń gingerbread, figurines, dolls, non-alcoholic champagne, a theater play based on Book XIV, a CD radio play based on Book XIII, the play "Ychu-Dychu", the recording from Books I, II, III, two episodes of the animated series entitled "Birth of Titus" and "Education". the full-length animated film "Tytus, Romek and A'Tomek among thieves of dreams" and the computer game "Tytus, Romek and A'Tomek - Army of rebellious robots". Every year, at the International Festival of Comics in Łódź, a plaque with a portrait of Tytus "DOCTOR HUMORIS CAUSA - FOR MERIT FOR COMICS" is presented. Tytus is also the mascot of the Festival of Films for Children "ZERO NUDY" in Opole, organized by the Vip Car company.
Henryk Jerzy Chmielewski wrote the autobiography "I WAS BORN IN THE BARBAKAN", its continuation "TYTUS ZLUSTROWANY" and "TARABANIE W BARBAKAN" (extended version of "I WAS BORN IN THE BARBAKAN"), "Visiting the family" and co-author of the book for children "GENERAL CLUPPINK".
In 2009, on the 65th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising, the first of ten historical albums painted by the Author, "TITUS, ROMEK AND A'TOMEK AS WARSAW INSURRINGS 1944 FROM PAPCIA CHMIELA'S IMAGINATION DRAWN" was premiered. In the same year, Henryk Jerzy Chmielewski painted a mural at the Warsaw Uprising Museum.
In May 2011, the book "WITEK SPRYTEK I OTHER OTES" was published, and in May 2015 the comic book "ELEMELEMENTARZ".
Henryk Jerzy Chmielewski was a member of the World Association of Home Army Soldiers. 024189, Communities of Soldiers of the 7th Infantry Regiment of the Home Army "Garłuch". On January 17, 2001, the President of the Republic of Poland promoted him to the rank of second lieutenant of the Polish Army.
He has never been a member of any party. He is not registered at the Institute of National Remembrance as an agent or cooperating with the Security Organs of the People's Republic of Poland. Case number WP-8599. Ten names "Henryk Chmielewski" on the so-called Wildstein's list does not concern him.
Henryk Jerzy Chmielewski for his work in the field of culture and art was honored with a number of orders and distinctions, the images and ID cards of which can be found in the tab "Medals and Orders of Papcia Chmiel".
Henryk Jerzy Chmielewski died on the night of 21/22 January
They will operate on HF Bands.
QSL via SP3PDO.
Information from their QRZ page:
HENRYK JERZY CHMIELEWSKI (Papcio Chmiel) was born on June 7, 1923 in Warsaw, in a tenement house at ul. Nowomiejska 18/20 built into the eastern part of the Barbican, demolished in 1818. His father was Józef Chmielewski (1879 - 1944), and his mother Antonina née Mikonowicz (1884 - 1974). He had two sisters: Wacława (Ogrodowczyk 1910-1997) and Stanisława (Ostrowska 1912-1975).
He graduated from 6 classes of the General School at ul. Rybaki, and until 1939, three classes of Gimnazjum im. st. Żeromski in Warsaw. At the same time, he was a member of the 76th Warsaw ZHP team.
The five-year German occupation was a time of struggle for survival, smuggling trips to the countryside for food, intertwined with studies and exercises in the underground Home Army. In 1941, he graduated from the fourth grade of junior high school and passed the so-called. "small matura", camouflaged under the name Municipal Preparatory Courses for Vocational Schools (Stadtische Vorbereitungslehrgang fur Fachschulen). In 1944, he graduated from the State Secondary School of Construction (Staatliche Fachschule fur Bauwesen).
The occupation is life in constant hunger, fear of death, deportation to slave labor in the Reich, but also first loves, dances, weddings. As a senior officer cadet shooter, pseudonym "Jupiter", of the 7th Infantry Regiment of the Home Army "Garłuch", 2nd battalion, company "Stachna", he took part in the Warsaw Uprising in an unsuccessful attack on the German Okęcie airport. After a two-month stay in captivity, he escaped and hid in the village of Janisławice, Głuchów, hosted by Piotr Biskupski. After the entry of the Red Army on January 17, 1945, he found his family home in ruins. He lived in Łódź at ul. Nawrot 8 and took a job as a draftsman in the Central Board of the Textile Industry, which had just been established. At the same time, he attended the second year of high school, the newly opened private gymnasium of Prof. Duczymiński.
After failing a four-month accelerated final exam, he was mobilized in June 1945 to the Artillery Officers' School in Toruń. After refusing to be educated as an officer of the Polish People's Army, he was penally transferred to a cavalry battery of grooms, and then to the Faculty of Sciences for fine arts. In August 1947, he was demobilized with the rank of corporal.
On September 1, 1947, he began working as a graphic designer and publicist in the editorial office of "Świat Przygód". After changing the title to "Świat Młodych", he worked in the editorial office until his retirement. In the years 1950-1956 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, obtaining a professional diploma of Artist Visual Artist No. 434. He was a member of the Association of Polish Artists and Designers, leg. 3845.
His work was mainly based on drawing a comic book from 1957, whose heroes are Tytus, Romek and A'Tomek, with a circulation of over 11 million copies. The image of the three heroes has been used in many productions so far: posters, postage stamps, mugs, lollipops, Toruń gingerbread, figurines, dolls, non-alcoholic champagne, a theater play based on Book XIV, a CD radio play based on Book XIII, the play "Ychu-Dychu", the recording from Books I, II, III, two episodes of the animated series entitled "Birth of Titus" and "Education". the full-length animated film "Tytus, Romek and A'Tomek among thieves of dreams" and the computer game "Tytus, Romek and A'Tomek - Army of rebellious robots". Every year, at the International Festival of Comics in Łódź, a plaque with a portrait of Tytus "DOCTOR HUMORIS CAUSA - FOR MERIT FOR COMICS" is presented. Tytus is also the mascot of the Festival of Films for Children "ZERO NUDY" in Opole, organized by the Vip Car company.
Henryk Jerzy Chmielewski wrote the autobiography "I WAS BORN IN THE BARBAKAN", its continuation "TYTUS ZLUSTROWANY" and "TARABANIE W BARBAKAN" (extended version of "I WAS BORN IN THE BARBAKAN"), "Visiting the family" and co-author of the book for children "GENERAL CLUPPINK".
In 2009, on the 65th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising, the first of ten historical albums painted by the Author, "TITUS, ROMEK AND A'TOMEK AS WARSAW INSURRINGS 1944 FROM PAPCIA CHMIELA'S IMAGINATION DRAWN" was premiered. In the same year, Henryk Jerzy Chmielewski painted a mural at the Warsaw Uprising Museum.
In May 2011, the book "WITEK SPRYTEK I OTHER OTES" was published, and in May 2015 the comic book "ELEMELEMENTARZ".
Henryk Jerzy Chmielewski was a member of the World Association of Home Army Soldiers. 024189, Communities of Soldiers of the 7th Infantry Regiment of the Home Army "Garłuch". On January 17, 2001, the President of the Republic of Poland promoted him to the rank of second lieutenant of the Polish Army.
He has never been a member of any party. He is not registered at the Institute of National Remembrance as an agent or cooperating with the Security Organs of the People's Republic of Poland. Case number WP-8599. Ten names "Henryk Chmielewski" on the so-called Wildstein's list does not concern him.
Henryk Jerzy Chmielewski for his work in the field of culture and art was honored with a number of orders and distinctions, the images and ID cards of which can be found in the tab "Medals and Orders of Papcia Chmiel".
Henryk Jerzy Chmielewski died on the night of 21/22 January