Zieja, Jan
- Date of birth:
- March 1st, 1897 (Ossa/Kingdom of Poland, Russian Empire)
- Date of death:
- October 19th, 1991 (Warsaw/Mazowieckie, Poland)
- Buried on:
- Graves Polish War Veterans Cemetery Laski
- Nationality:
- Polish (1918-1939, IInd Republic)
Biography
Lieutenant Colonel Jan Zieja was chaplain in the Polish Army and the resistance during the Second World War.
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Order Odrodzenia Polski Komandorski
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1989
Krzyż za udział w Wojnie 1918–1921
- Period:
- Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
- Awarded on:
- 1990
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Podpulkownik (Lieutenant-colonel)
- Awarded on:
- September 21st, 2006
Posthumously awarded by President Lech Kaczynski
Warszawski Krzyz Powstanczy
Sources
- - Stefan Oberleitner: Ordery, odznaczenia i odznaki III Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 1990-1999. Toruń: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, 2001, s. 50-51. ISBN 83-7174-726-8.
- Sejm.gov.pl
- Ks. Jan Zieja
- Powstańcze Biogramy - Jan Zieja
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