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Gieysztor, Aleksander

Date of birth:
July 17th, 1916 (Moscow, Russian Empire)
Date of death:
December 9th, 1999 (Warsaw, Poland)
Buried on:
Powazki Cemetery Warsaw
Plot: 131. Row: 6. Grave: 21.
Nationality:
Polish

Biography

Veteran of the September campaign 1939 and resistance fighters from 1940 to 1944. Prisoner of war from 1944 to 1945. Historian after the war.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Department of Information Office, Armia Krajowa
Awarded on:
March 25th, 1944

With swords
Srebrny Krzyz Zaslugi z Mieczami
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Department of Information Office, Armia Krajowa
Awarded on:
October 22nd, 1944

With swords
Zloty Krzyz Zaslugi z Mieczami
Awarded on:
July 16th, 1954
Zloty Krzyz Zaslugi
Awarded on:
1957
Order Odrodzenia Polski - Krzyz Kawalerski
Awarded on:
1961
Chevalier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
Awarded on:
1975
Order Odrodzenia Polski - Krzyz Komandorski
Awarded on:
1977
Order Sztandaru Pracy I klasy
Awarded on:
1980
Officier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
Awarded on:
February 25th, 1993
Order Odrodzenia Polski Komandorski z Gwiazda
Awarded on:
May 3rd, 1994
Order Orla Bialego (1992)

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