Jan Mazurkiewicz | |
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Nickname(s) | Zagłoba, Socha, Sęp, Radosław |
Born | Lemberg, Austria-Hungary | 27 August 1896
Died | 4 May 1988 Warsaw, Polish People’s Republic | (aged 91)
Years of service | 1914–1945 |
Rank | Brigadier general |
Battles / wars | World War I Polish–Soviet War World War II Invasion of Poland Operation Tempest Warsaw Uprising |
Awards | Order of Virtuti Militari Cross of Independence with Swords Cross of Valour Warsaw Uprising Cross |
Other work | Veterans' rights activist |
Jan Mazurkiewicz, pseudonym: "Zagłoba", "Socha", "Sęp", "Radosław" (27 August 1896 – 4 May 1988) was a Polish military leader and politician, colonel of Home Army and brigadier general of the Polish People's Army. Founder of the Secret Military Organization (later merged with the Home Army), commander of Kedyw and the Radosław Group during Warsaw Uprising. After the war, he was a political prisoner of the Stalinist period (until 1956). From 1964 he was vice-president of Society of Fighters for Freedom and Democracy.