Edward Pomorski (29 March 1901 - 2 January 1995) was the last Minister Plenipotentiary of the Polish Government-in-Exile, in Belgium from 11 December 1970 to 31 December 1988. He was Commander of the Polish Resistance P.O.W.N. (Polish Organization of Fight for Independence) in Belgium and the Netherlands (1940–1945). Early life Pomorski was born on March 29, 1901 in Węgleszyn (near Kielce) while Poland was part of Imperial Russia. In 1919, he served as a volunteer for several months in the newly formed Polish Army during the Polish-Soviet war of 1919–1921, and fought in the Battle of Warsaw. Then he returned to school in Koński to complete his secondary education. He studied Polish philology at the Jagellonian University of Kraków (1921–1926). He started to work on his doctoral thesis, his interests centered on the literature of the Polish Renaissance but in 1927, he was called back to complete his military service that was interrupted in 1919: he reached the grade of second lieutenant. He won a fellowship to the University of Dijon (France). where he learned French. In July 1929, he married Jadwiga Górska, a philologist;they began teaching in secondary schools in Katowice and Jędrzejów for 2 years until their departure for France in 1932. Pomorski arrived with a diplomatic passport to Monceau (Central France) to teach Polish youth and provide social and cultural support to the Polish communities of miners, workers and teachers. After 5 years, he was transferred to Liège, Belgium. He registered at the Liėge University for a degree in Consular and Diplomatic Affairs (1937-1939), however, the war interrupted that project. Wartime When the war broke out in Poland, and Belgium remained neutral, Pomorski and his wife recruited volunteers for the Allied Forces assembling in France: 2000 men were sent, almost all recruited among miners and steel workers. In 1941, the Polish resistance in France, known as P.O.W.N.(Polska Organizacja Walki o Niepodległość), which translates to the Polish Organization of Fight for Independence contacted Pomorski who was already circulating a clandestine bulletin (Marsz), The March. P.O.W.N. was a non-political military organization under the orders of General Sikorski and the Polish Government-in-Exile in London. Pomorski was named Commander for Belgium and the Netherlands with "nom de Guerre" Bolesław; he had 500 members. The objectives set by P.O.W.N. were the same for the three countries: -gather information on the movement of troops and activities around industrial sites,- organize escape routes for