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Puzak, Kazimierz

Date of birth:
August 26th, 1883 (Tarnopol, Austro-Hungarian Empire)
Date of death:
April 30th, 1950 (Rawicz, Poland)
Buried on:
Powazki Cemetery Warsaw
Plot: 188. Row: 3. Grave: 31.
Nationality:
Polish (1918-1939, IInd Republic)

Biography

Kazmierz Puzak was one of the leaders of the Polish Underground State during the German occupation. He died as political prisoner in Rawicz in 1950.

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Awarded on:
1937
Krzyz Niepodleglosci
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 12th, 1954

Posthumously awarded
Krzyż/medal Niepodległości Polskie Podziemne
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1967

No. 1, posthumously awarded
Krzyz Armii Krajowej
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
November 11th, 1996

Posthumously awarded by president Aleksandra Kwaśniewskiego, refused by his daughter. Order was forwarded to the immediate family on 7 July 2009 by the Advisor to President Jan Olszewski.
Order Orla Bialego (1992)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

Posthumously awarded
Warszawski Krzyz Powstanczy

Sources

  • - Puchalski & Wawrzyński, Krzyż i Medal Niepodległości (1994), p. 63-64
    - Huchlowa & Huchla, Zrzeszenie „Wolność i Niezawisłość" w dokumentach

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