Leon Billewicz

Leon Billewicz
Memorial at the Piatykhatky mass grave in Kharkiv, with plaque of General Leon Billewicz (172/272) among 3,739 names of victims of the local NKVD killing squad.[1]
Born(1870-02-24)24 February 1870[citation needed]
Verbichno (today Verbichne, Turiisk Raion)
DiedApril 1940(1940-04-00) (aged 70)
Kharkiv NKVD prison, Soviet Union
AllegiancePoland
RankBrigadier General

Leon Billewicz (April[citation needed] 25[citation needed], 1870 in Werbiczna – April 1940)[2] was a Polish officer and a General of the Polish Army. He was murdered during the Katyń massacre.

  1. ^ Jędrzej Tucholski (2003). "Jeńcy obozu w Starobielsku zamordowani w siedzibie charkowskiego Zarządu NKWD w kwietniu i maju 1940 roku, spoczywający na Polskim Cmentarzu Wojennym w Charkowie" (PDF). List of Prisoners of Starobielsk NKVD murdered at Kharkiv and resting at the Polish Cemetery in Piatykhatky. Rada Ochrony Pamięci Walk i Męczeństwa. Archived from the original (PDF file, direct download 9.62 MB) on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Leon Billewicz". Ogrody Wspomnień. 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.