Dorotycz-Malewicz, Marian Michal "Ryszard Hancza"

Date of birth:: July 16th, 1895 (Manhejm, Russian Empire)
Date of death:: October 10th, 1945 (Rome, Italy)
Nationality:: Polish

Biography

Lieutenant Colonel Marian Dorotycz-Malewicz was shot dead in Rome on 10 October 1945.

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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Podpulkownik (Lieutenant-colonel)
Unit:: Komenda Główna AK, Armia Krajowa
Awarded on:: June 16th, 1944

Citation:

"General Tabor is second in command of the Polish Secret Army and Lt. Colonel Hancza is officer in charge of all arrangements for reception of stores despatched by S.O.E. They have worked under primordial conditions in extreme and continuous danger ever since the germans overran Poland and the fact that the Polish Secret Army, in spite of the unceasing efforts of the germans to liquidate it, is still playing a valuable part in the Allied war effort testifies to the skill, determination and courage of its leaders."

Recommendation:

"This officer has been in charge of all arrangements made in POLAND for the reception of stores delivered from ENGLAND by air. His work has entailed living and moving under conspiratorial conditions, He has organised and trained the whole of the very large number of "Reception Committees" which exist in POLAND.

His "Reception Committees" have maintained their vigilance and zeal in spite of the fact that on many occasions they have been disappointed, due to the difficulty of carrying out operations at such extreme range from this country.

He has come to ENGLAND at great personal risk, in order to perfect further the reception arrangements and those for the training of agents, and also to give advice on the further delivery of stores and operators. He intends to return to POLAND shortly to carry on his work".