Bronisław Pieracki

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Bronisław Wilhelm Pieracki (28 May 1895 – 15 June 1934) was a Polish military officer and politician.

Life

As a member of the

He was minister of internal affairs from 27 May 1931[1] until his 1934 assassination, and was posthumously awarded Poland's highest civilian and military decoration, the Order of the White Eagle.

Assassination

On 15 June 1934, Pieracki was assassinated by a member of the

Sentenced to death in the Pieracki assassination were Stepan Bandera, Mykola Lebed and Yaroslav Karpynets. Their sentences were commuted to life imprisonment, and both managed to escape during the German invasion of Poland.^[3]

Honours and awards

• Order of White Eagle
• Order of Polonia Restituta
• Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari
• Cross of Valour - four times
• Gold Cross of Merit
• Order of the Cross of the Eagle Class I (Estonia, 1934)

See also

• Tadeusz Hołówko
• Mykola Lebed

References

Further reading

• (in Polish) Andrzej Misiuk Białym żelazem, Gazeta Wyborcza, 12/07/1994.

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