Józef Batory

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Captain Józef Batory (noms de guerre “Argus”, “Wojtek”) was born in 1914 in unknown location. He fought in the 1939 Polish September Campaign, then was active member of anti-German resistance. In early-1940s he became commandant of the Kolbuszowa district of the Home Army. After 1945 he became a leading member of the anti-Communist organization Wolnosc i Niezawislosc. Caught some time in late-1940s, he was executed in the evening of March 1, 1951 in the infamous Mokotow Prison in Warsaw. His body was buried in unknown location.

This article is part of the series: Polish Secret State History of Poland

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• Cursed soldiers

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• http://www.naszawitryna.pl/jedwabne_933.html
• http://gorkiwielkie.w.interia.pl/win.htm