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Urbankiewicz, Jerzy

Date of birth:
June 23rd, 1915 (Lodz, German Empire)
Date of death:
August 11th, 2004 (Lodz, Poland)
Buried on:
Zarzew Cemetery
Nationality:
Polish

Biography

Lieutenant Colonel Jerzy Urbankiewicz was taken prisoner in 1939, but already managed to escape in 1940 and subsequently joined the resistance. He was eventually captured by the NKVD and send to the Gulag.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1993
Order Odrodzenia Polski Oficerski

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