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Gieysztor, Aleksander
- Date of birth:
- July 17th, 1916 (Moscow, Russian Empire)
- Date of death:
- December 9th, 1999 (Warsaw, Poland)
- Buried on:
- Powazki Cemetery Warsaw
Plot: 131. Row: 6. Grave: 21. - Nationality:
- Polish (1918-1939, IInd Republic)
Biography
Veteran of the September campaign 1939 and resistance fighters from 1940 to 1944. Prisoner of war from 1944 to 1945. Historian after the war.
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Krzyz Zaslugi - Silver
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- Department of Information Office, Armia Krajowa
- Awarded on:
- March 25th, 1944
With swords
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- Department of Information Office, Armia Krajowa
- Awarded on:
- October 22nd, 1944
With swords
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- Department of Information Office, Armia Krajowa
- Awarded on:
- 1944
Zloty Krzyz Zaslugi
- Awarded on:
- July 16th, 1954
- Awarded on:
- 1957
Chevalier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
- Awarded on:
- 1961
- Awarded on:
- 1975
- Awarded on:
- 1977
- Awarded on:
- 1980
Order Odrodzenia Polski Komandorski z Gwiazda
- Awarded on:
- February 25th, 1993
- Awarded on:
- May 3rd, 1994
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- - Rąbalska, A., Alexander Gieysztor (1990)
- Ney-Krwawicz, M., Komenda Główna Armii Krajowej 1939-1945 (1990)
- M.P. 1994 nr 35 poz. 290
- M.P. 1993 nr 17 poz. 148
- M.P. 1954 nr 112 poz. 1566
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