Raid on Kielce Prison
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The Raid on Kielce Prison, which took place in Kielce, Poland, in the night of 4/5 August 1945, was carried out by members of anti-Communist resistance, the so-called Cursed soldiers. Their target was
Antoni Heda speaking during the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the raid, Kielce 2005
Lieutenant colonel Antoni Żółkiewski
Cursed soldiers
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The "cursed soldiers" or "indomitable soldiers" were a heterogeneous array of anti-Soviet and anti-communist resistance movements formed in the later stages of World War II and in its aftermath by mem
Raid on Kielce Prison
…Prison, which took place in Kielce, Poland, in the night of 4/5 August 1945, was carried out by members of anti-Communist resistance, the so-called Cursed soldiers. Their target was a Communist secret services prison, where soldiers of the Home Army, National Armed Forces and other organizations were kept. The…
"Cursed soldiers" of Polish anti-communist underground, June 1947. From left: Henryk Wybranowski - pseudonym "Tarzan" (killed Nov. 1948) Edward Taraszkiewicz - "Żelazny" (killed Oct. 1951) Mieczysław Małecki - "Sokół" (killed Nov. 1947) Stanisław Pakuła - "Krzewina"
Monument to the Armia Krajowa in Sopot, Poland
"The Giant and the Reactionary Spittle-Covered Dwarf". A postwar Polish communist propaganda poster showing a soldier of the Polish People's Army striding over a partisan of the Armia Krajowa (Home Army).
Witold Pilecki ("Witold")