High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Stefan Pawel Rowecki (pseudonym: Grot, "Spearhead," hence the alternate name, Stefan Grot-Rowecki, 25 December 1895 - 2 August 1944) was a Polish general, journalist and the leader of the Armia Krajowa. He was murdered by the Gestapo in prison, probably on the direct order of Heinrich Himmler.