Mieczyslaw Norwid-Neugebauer
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Mieczyslaw Norwid-Neugebauer (born 15 February 1884 in Rzejowice near Radomsko, died on 18 October 1954 in Toronto) - minister in the Polish government, Major General in the Polish Army
Before World War One, he was a member of the Polish patriotic organizations. Between 1914-1917, he was an officer in the Polish Legions. He was a commander of the 6th Regiment of Infantry, and even temporarily of 3rd Brigade.
Since Poland regained independence in November, 1918, he did occupy different command positions within the Polish military: General: Head of Logistics, later on he was at the same time an Exo of the Polish Head of all the Armed Forces, and later, he was the Commanding Officer of the 4th General Command (the last two during the Polish-Soviet War). In 1919, he was promoted to a Brigade General, and in 1924, he was promoted to a Major General. Between 1921 and 1924, he was a commanding officer of the 28th Division of Infantry. Between 1924 and 1925, he become a commanding officer of the reserves in charge of conscription. In October, 1925, he was transferred to become a Minister of Defense as well as officially sent for the 3rd Level Course at Center of Higher Military Education (University). In December of the same year, he was nominated to be the 1st Officer of the Commander of the Administration of the Army.
He was the Commander of the Inspector General of the Polish Army in between 1926 and 1930 and stationed in Lviv, 1932-1935 stationed in Torun, and in 1935-1939 stationed in Warsaw. During 1930 to 1932, he was a Minister of Public Works in cabinets of Walery Slawek and Aleksander Prystor. On 3rd of Septemebr 1939, he was nominated as the head of the Polish Military Mission to London--in London, he was put in charge of pleading with the Great Britain to fulfil her obligation as an ally of Poland. Norwid--Neugebauer's pleas addressed to the British Government to start a promised in May of 1939 air offense were unsuccessful; the British Government and RAF did not fulfil their promise in spite of his pleas.
He resigns as the head of the Polish Military Mission in January, 1940.
From November 1942 until 1947, he is put in charge of the Administration of the Polish Armed Forces.
He is a recipient of, amongst others, Virtuti Militari and Independence Cross. He did publish a book "Kampania Wrzesniowa" ("September Campaign") in London in 1941.
SOURCE:
Translation of the Polish article by Robert Kolakowski; article in Polish [1]
a note from RK: accidentally, General's 1st name means in Polish "world--wide famous sword" as well as was used by the Polish Jews as a Polish substitute for Moyshe or Moisze or Mojzesz or Moses
SOURCE: Mr General Norwid-Neugebauer
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