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Minkiewicz-Odrowaz, Henryk

Date of birth:
January 19th, 1880 (Suwalki, Poland)
Date of death:
April 9th, 1940 (Katyn, Soviet Union)
Buried on:
Polish War Cemetery Katyn
Nationality:
Polish (1918-1939, IInd Republic)

Biography

General Henryk Minkiewicz was executed by the NKVD on 9 April 1940. He was a veteran from WW1, Polish-Soviet War and the Polish-Ukranian War.

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Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Awarded on:
1921

No. 3960
Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny
Awarded on:
November 10th, 1927
Order Odrodzenia Polski Komandorski z Gwiazda
Order Odrodzenia Polski Komandorski
Krzyz Niepodleglosci

Sources

  • - Stawecki, P., Słownik biograficzny generałów Wojska Polskiego 1918-1939 (1994)
    - MP of 1927 no. 258, item 706

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