Szturmowe), Baczyński took part in many sabotage actions throughout the occupation. One of them was derailment of a German military train in August 1944, which resulted in a 26-hour delay of traffic on the strategic connection Warsaw-Białystok. After the Warsaw Uprising broke out, he joined the "Parasol" battalion. He was killed in action by a German sniper at approximately 4pm on 4 August 1944 in the Blanka Palace in the Warsaw Old Town. He is buried in the Powązki Military Cemetery, together with his pregnant wife, who was killed on 1 September 1944. He was posthumously awarded the Armia Krajowa Cross and in 1947 the Medal for Warsaw 1939-1945 (pl). In his poems and short novels, Baczyński demonstrated both romantic traditions and catastrophism. His poems depict the brutality of war, and suggest that love is the only force that can effectively defend a human being against it. His talent was highly appreciated by his contemporaries, Stanisław Pigon, upon hearing news of Baczynski joining the Szare Szeregi, said to Kazimierz Wyka: We belong to a nation, whose fate is to shoot at the enemy with diamonds. Baczyński in Polish culture The 1984 film The Fourth Day (Dzień czwarty) tells the story of the last four days of his life. In 1965, Polish singer Ewa Demarczyk sings Baczyński poems on LP "Wiersze wojenne" (eng. "War Poems") 1990 Jacek Kaczmarski: Kosmopolak – "Barykada (Śmierć Baczyńskiego)", 1991 Grzegorz Turnau: Naprawdę nie dzieje się nic, 2005 Lao Che: Powstanie Warszawskie – "Godzina W" 2007 Zbigniew Hołdys: - Pocałunek 2012 Tadek (FIRMA) - Elegia o chłopcu polskim The 2013 film "Baczyński" 2020 "Astronomia Poety. Baczyński." − Album by Kwadrofonik and Mela Koteluk 2021 Jacob George Scyther - "Pomarańczowy Ogór" 2022 sanah - Baczyński (pisz do mnie listy) Published works White Magic and Other Poems trans. by Bill Johnston (Los Angeles: Green Integer, 2005). References Levine, Madeline G. Contemporary Polish Poetry, 1925-1975 (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1981). Further reading Mortkowicz-Olczakowa, Hanna (1961). Bunt wspomnień. Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy. External links Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński at Culture.pl Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński's poems at poezja.org Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński biography and poems 1921 births 1944 deaths Warsaw Uprising insurgents Writers from Warsaw Home Army members Burials at Powązki Military Cemetery Recipients of the Armia Krajowa Cross Polish Scouts and Guides Polish socialists Polish people of Jewish descent Resistance members killed by Nazi Germany University of Warsaw alumni 20th-century Polish poets 20th-century Polish male writers