Julian Kulski

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Julian Kulski (5 December 1892 in Warsaw – 18 August 1976 in Warsaw) was a civil servant, best known for being Mayor of Warsaw during World War II.

During pre-war period he was a Vice President of Warsaw (1935-1939) under Stefan Starzyński, with whom he actively led a defense of city during Invasion of Poland. He was named by German occupation authorities the President after Starzyński was arrested. Kulski accepted this post with advice of resistance movement and Polish Government in Exile and during his tenure actively working with them against occupation forces, always remained loyal to Poland.

Before he became a part of Warsaw municipal government he served in the Polish Legions in World War I (1914-1917), and Polish Army (1919-1921). He was also a commander of the People's Militia in Warsaw (1918-1919) and longtime high-rank employee of the Ministry of Treasury.

Because of his accomplishment during the war, Kulski remained widely recognized.

Julian's son, also called Julian Kulski (3 March 1929 - ) was a member of the Polish Underground during the war from ages 12 to 15. He published a book and a video about his experiences called "Legacy of the White Eagle" in 2006. He moved to the US and became a prominent architect.

References

• Short official biography

External links

• The younger Kulski's book and DVD
• - interview with his son Julian E. Kulski

Mayors of Warsaw
First Polish Republic	Ignacy Wyssogota Zakrzewski Józef Michał Łukasiewicz Andrzej Rafałowicz Ignacy Wyssogota Zakrzewski Józef Michał Łukasiewicz and Andrzej Rafałowicz
Prussian Occupation	Franz Schimmelpfennig von der Ove Friedrich Georg Tilly
Duchy of Warsaw	Joachim Moszyński Paweł Bieliński Stanisław Węgrzecki
Congress Poland	Karol Woyda Stanisław Węgrzecki Jakub Ignacy Łaszczyński Aleksander Graybner Teodor Andrault de Langeron Kazimierz Woyda Zygmunt Wielopolski Kalikst Witkowski Sokrates Starynkiewicz Mikołaj Bibikow Wiktor Litwiński Aleksander Miller
World War I	Zdzisław Lubomirski Piotr Drzewiecki
Second Polish Republic	Stanisław Nowodworski Władysław Jabłoński Zygmunt Słomiński Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski Stefan Starzyński
General Government	Julian Kulski Marceli Porowski Helmut Otto Oskar Rudolf Dengel Ludwig Leist
People's Republic of Poland	Marian Spychalski Stanisław Tołwiński Jerzy Albrecht Janusz Zarzycki Zygmunt Dworakowski Janusz Zarzycki Jerzy Majewski Mieczysław Dębicki Jerzy Bolesławski
Third Polish Republic	Stanisław Wyganowski Mieczysław Bareja Marcin Święcicki Paweł Piskorski Wojciech Kozak Lech Kaczyński Mirosław Kochalski (acting) Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (acting) Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz