10 Facts About Aleksander Zawadzki

Aleksander Zawadzki was born in the Ksawera working group between Bedzin and Dabrowa Gornicza.

Aleksander Zawadzki worked there until 1917, when he was arrested for hitting his overseer and sent to the prisoners of war camp in Erfurt.

Aleksander Zawadzki took part in the battles in defense of Lviv, and then in war activities on the Lithuanian-Belarusian Front of the Polish-Bolshevik war.

Aleksander Zawadzki left prison on March 2,1932, and because of illness, was sent to the Soviet Union for treatment.

Aleksander Zawadzki was detained in custody until February 1935, when he was released on bail.

Aleksander Zawadzki was then accused of acting to the detriment of the Republic of Poland.

Aleksander Zawadzki stayed there until September 1939, when after the Soviet invasion of Poland, the city was occupied by the Red Army.

Aleksander Zawadzki took up work in the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic in the Pinsk district office.

Aleksander Zawadzki was a political organiser of the Polish Army in the Soviet Union and was promoted to the rank of brigadier general.

Aleksander Zawadzki died on 7 August 1964 of cancer at the age of 64 and was buried at the Powazki Military Cemetery in Warsaw.