Ignacy Oziewicz

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Ignacy Oziewicz
Col. Ignacy Oziewicz (before 1939)
Nickname(s)Czesław, Czesławski, Netta, Jenczewski
Born7 May 1887
Linkmenys, Russian Empire
Died10 January 1966 (aged 78)
Gdynia, Poland
Service/branchImperial Russian Army, Polish Land Forces, National Military Organization, National Armed Forces
Rank Colonel
Battles/warsWorld War I
Polish–Soviet War
World War II
Ignacy Oziewicz in the rank of major
Grave of Colonel Ignacy Oziewicz in Gdynia

Ignacy Oziewicz,

pseudonyms: "Czesław", "Czesławski", "Netta", "Jenczewski" (7 May 1887 – 10 January 1966) was a colonel of the Polish Army and a commandant of the National Armed Forces
from 1942 to 1943.

Biography

Early life and military career

Oziewicz was born on 7 May 1887 in the village of

Military School in Vilna, and during World War I was an officer of the 103rd Infantry Regiment, part of 26th Infantry Division. Between April and October 1917, he served in 193rd Infantry Division, leaving the Russian army after the October Revolution. Between October 1917 and late 1918, Oziewicz managed real estate in Podolia
.

In February 1919, Oziewicz joined the

16th Pomeranian Infantry Division, stationed in Grudziądz, where he commanded infantry. On 25 October 1938 he was appointed commandant of 29th Grodno Infantry Division
.

World War II

During the 1939 German Invasion of Poland, he commanded the 29th Grodno Infantry Division. After breaking it, he managed to get to Lithuania, where he was interned. He escaped and returned to occupied Poland.[1]

From 1941 to 1942, he was deputy of the Commander-in-Chief and head of the operational department of the National Military Organization (NOW). Oziewicz did not accept the decision to merge this organization with the Home Army (AK) because he considered it politically controlled by the Sanation. In the summer of 1942, he headed the split in NOW. He began to form the National Armed Forces (NSZ). On 20 September 1942, he became the first commandant of the NSZ.

He attempted to communicate with general

Pawiak prison. In October of the same year, he was sent to Auschwitz concentration camp. In January 1945 he was evacuated to Flossenbürg concentration camp.[2]

Post-war life

After being released by the United States Army in April 1945, Oziewicz was in Allied-occupied Germany. Then he moved to France, where he became active in Polish émigré social organizations. He was the representative of the NSZ community before the Home Army Verification Commission in London.[3] In July 1949 he became the president of the "Ogniwo" organization founded in France.[4]

In 1958 Oziewicz returned to the Poland. He settled with his family in Gdynia.[5] He died in 1966, due to leukemia.[6]

Honours and awards

References

  1. ^ Jan Żaryn, „Taniec na linie nad przepaścią". Organizacja Polska na wychodźstwie i jej łączność z krajem w latach 1945–1955, Warszawa 2011
  2. ^ "Oziewicz Ignacy ps. "Czesław", "Czesławski", "Netta", "Jenczewski". – NSZ – Narodowe Siły Zbrojne". www.nsz.com.pl. Archived from the original on 2019-07-14. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
  3. ^ "OZIEWICZ, Ignacy". www.dws-xip.pl. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
  4. ^ "Oziewicz Ignacy (1887 - 1966)". Oficjalny serwis internetowy miasta Gdynia (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-01-16.
  5. ^ "Strona Rodu Oziewiczów – Płk Ignacy Oziewicz". www.oziewicz.pl. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
  6. ^ Michal (20 February 2016). "O Pułkowniku Ignacym Oziewiczu – pierwszym Dowódcy NSZ. [Michał Gruszczyński.] | Muzeum Żołnierzy Wyklętych w Ostrołęce" (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-01-16.

Sources

  • Tadeusz Jurga: Obrona Polski 1939. Warszawa: Instytut Wydawniczy PAX, 1990.
  • Andrzej Krzysztof Kunert: Słownik biograficzny konspiracji warszawskiej 1939–1945 T.2. Warszawa: Instytut Wydawniczy PAX, 1987.
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