1. Antoni Heda was a Polish military commander and a notable veteran of the Polish resistance movement in World War II and later independence movement against Soviet occupation following the war.
11 Facts About Antoni Heda
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Antoni Heda returned to his home area and joined the ranks of the Society of Armed Struggle, the first mass-scale resistance organization formed in Poland.
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Out of 80 political prisoners liberated from there, 60 decided to join the resistance and thus Antoni Heda formed a permanent partisan unit stationed in the forests of the area.
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Antoni Heda took part in a variety of actions against the Germans in occupied Poland, among the best known are:.
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Antoni Heda planned to organize a similar assault on the infamous Rakowiecka prison in Warsaw, but he was arrested by the forces of the Internal Security Corps in 1948 in Gdynia near the Gdynia Chylonia railway station.
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Antoni Heda continued to collaborate with various groups opposed to the Communist regime in Poland and was an active member of unofficial veterans associations.
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Antoni Heda became the honorary commander of the Riflemen Union, a paramilitary youth organization.
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Antoni Heda described his life in two books: Wspomnienia Szarego and Szary przeciw zdrajcom Polski.
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General Antoni Heda died in Warsaw on 15 February 2008.
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Antoni Heda's funeral took place on 21 February 2008, starting with a Funeral Mass at the Field Cathedral of the Polish Army celebrated by Fr.
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Antoni Heda was buried beside his wife in the family grave in the parish cemetery.