TracesOfWar needs your help! Every euro, pound or dollar you contribute greatly supports the continuation of this website. Go to stiwot.nl and donate!

Burczak, Kazimierz Franciszek

Date of birth:
March 13th, 1895 (Lviv, Austro-Hungarian Empire)
Date of death:
April 1940 (Kharkiv, Soviet Union)
Buried on:
Polish War Cemetery Kharkiv
Nationality:
Polish

Biography

Brigadier general Kazimierz Burczak was executed by the NKVD in April 1940.

November 1918: Second lieutenant
13 March 1920: First lieutenant
3 May 1922: Captain
1 December 1924: Major
1 January 1932: Lieutenant Colonel
19 March 1938: Colonel
5 October 2007: Brigadier general (posthumously)

Do you have more information about this person? Inform us!

Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Rank:
Porucznik (1st Lieutenant)
Awarded on:
1921

No. 4799
Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny
Rank:
Podpulkownik (Lieutenant-colonel)
Awarded on:
November 11th, 1934
Order Odrodzenia Polski Kawalerski
Zloty Krzyz Zaslugi
Krzyz Niepodleglosci
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Pulkownik (Colonel)

Posthumously awarded
Order Virtuti Militari Gold Cross
Znak
Medal 10-lecia Odzyskania Niepodleglosci

Sources

Photo