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Aleksander Krzyżanowski

Aleksander Krzyżanowski

1895–1951

Nationality
Poland
Occupation
military officer

Aleksander Krzyżanowski nom de guerre "Wilk" (18 February 1895 – 29 September 1951) was an artillery colonel of the Polish Army, officer of the Service for Poland's Victory, Union of Armed Struggle, commander of the Vilnius District of the Home Army and political prisoner of the Stalinist period.

Incarceration history

Facilities

  1. Mokotów Prison
    Dates unknown
  2. Butyrka prison
    Dates unknown
  3. NKVD camp No. 179 in Diaghilev
    Dates unknown

Biography

Aleksander Krzyżanowski nom de guerre "Wilk" (18 February 1895 – 29 September 1951) was an artillery colonel of the Polish Army, officer of the Service for Poland's Victory, Union of Armed Struggle, commander of the Vilnius District of the Home Army and political prisoner of the Stalinist period. In 1994 he was posthumously promoted to the rank of brigade general.

Related people

Same nationality and era where possible; falls back to shared nationality or era.

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