Franciszek Błażej

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Captain Franciszek Blazej (noms de guerre “Roman”, “Boguslaw”) was born 1907 in unknown location, in present southeastern Poland. He was a professional officer of the Polish Army, and participated in the Polish September Campaign. Some time in early 1940s, he joined Rzeszow District of Zwiazek Walki Zbrojnej (later Home Army).

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In 1945 he became member of Rzeszow District of the anti-Communist organization Wolnosc i Niezawislosc (WiN). He was editor-in-chief of WiN’s magazine “White Eagle”, also between December of 1946 and fall of 1947, Blazej was director of Southern Department of WiN. Captured by Urzad Bezpieczenstwa in November 1947 in Cracow, he was beaten and tortured in the Mokotow Prison for so long that his body started to rot and gangrene set in.

In October 1950 Blazej was sentenced to death. Killed by a shot in the head on March 1, 1951, his body was buried in unknown location.

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