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Kollataj-Srzednicki, Jan

    Date of birth:
    August 23rd, 1893 (Penza, Russian Empire)
    Date of death:
    March 19th, 1944 (Budapest, Hungary)
    Buried on:
    Polish War Graves
    Nationality:
    Polish (1918-1939, IInd Republic)

    Biography

    Brigadier General Jan Kollataj-Srzednicki was a Polish general during the September Campaign of 1939, prisoner of war and later head of the Polish Red Cross in Budapest. He was assassinated by the Gestapo on 19 March 1944.

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    Awarded on:
    November 6th, 1930
    Krzyz Niepodleglosci
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    General Brygadi (Brigadier)
    Awarded on:
    1998

    Posthumously awarded
    Yad Vashem-decoration

    Sources

    • Photo: Public domain

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