During the 7th session of the City Council in Bielsko-Biała on November 21, the councilors unanimously decided to award the title of Meritorious for the City of Bielsko-Biała to Lieutenant Jan Marian Dąmbrowski, aka “Rekin”, the president of the World Association of Soldiers of the Home Army Bielsko-Biała Branch, for his heroic participation in the Warsaw Uprising as a member of the Gray Ranks.