Feliks Nowakowski

Born in 1898 in the village of Łanięta near Kutno in central Poland into a farming family, Nowakowski attended middle school in the nearby Gostynin. He worked hard both physically and intellectually as a tutor to be able to afford further education. He studied at the Faculty of Finances and Economics at the University of Political Sciences (Wyższa Szkoła Nauk Politycznych) in Warsaw, at the same time working at an elementary school in Warka. He also received a diploma in law from the University of Warsaw. From 1932, he worked at the Supreme Audit Office (Najwyższa Izba Kontroli), first in the subsidiary in Brest on the Bug River and later in Warsaw. In 1929, he married Zofia Ledóchowska, who was working as a teacher in Warka.

Nowakowski fought during the September Defensive Campaign and was captured by the Germans. In 1941, he managed to return to Warka. He accepted a job at the “SPOŁEM”– “Jedność” Popular Grocers’ Cooperative („Społem” Powszechna Spółdzielnia Spożywców „Jedność”). After the War, he was on the board of directors of a District Agriculture and Commerce Cooperative (Rejonowa Spółdzielnia Rolniczo-Handlowa) and President of the Municipal “Peasants’ Self-Help” Cooperative (Gminna Spółdzielnia „Samopomoc Chłopska”) in Warka. He also worked at the Mechanical Equipment Factory (Fabryka Urządzeń Mechanicznych) in Warka for over a decade. At times, he would teach a class at the Basic Vocational School (Zasadnicza Szkoła Zawodowa) in Warka.

He was also active in the local community. He was deputy mayor of Warka and deputy chairman of the National Council in the District of Grójec (Prezydium Powiatowej Rady Narodowej w Grójcu). He was a member of numerous organizations, including the Polish Red Cross, a credit union in Warka, and the local volunteer fire department as well as a long-time Warka councilor.

Nowakowski died in 1971 and was buried at a Warka cemetery.