Jan Kryst

Jan Kryst
Jan Kryst (at right)
Nickname(s)Alan
Born(1922-04-06)6 April 1922
Modlin, Second Polish Republic
Died22 May 1943(1943-05-22) (aged 21)
Warsaw, German-occupied Poland
Allegiance Second Polish Republic
 Polish Underground State
Service/branchHome Army
Years of service1939–1943
Battles/wars

Jan Kryst (6 April 1922 – 22 May 1943) was a Polish scout and a member of the Polish anti-Nazi resistance. He fought for the Home Army and volunteered for a revenge attack at the Café Adria where he fatally shot several members of the Gestapo before being killed himself.