Marian Bernaciak
Marian Bernaciak (''nom de guerre "Dymek"'' (Little Smoke) or ''"Orlik"'' (Little Eagle)) (born March 6, 1917 in Zalesie, Ryki County, Zalesie in Ryki County, died, June 24, 1946 in Piotrówek, Masovian Voivodeship, Piotrówek) was a lieutenant in the Polish Army, a member of ZWZ and the Home Army, a major and a legendary leader of an underground partisan unit of Freedom and Independence, WiN in the Lublin region. Early life Marian was born to a peasant family, as the son of Michał and Maria (née Bliźniak). In 1937, he finished the Czartoryski gimnazjum in Puławy. For his compulsory military service he attended the Mazowiecka Szkoła Podchorążych Rezerwy Artylerii (The Mazovian School for Cadets of the Artillery Reserve) in Zambrów which he finished with the rank of corporal. He was assigned to the Second Regiment of Heavy Artillery. He worked in the post office in Sobolew, Masovian Voivodeship, Sobolew. In September 1939 he was mobilized and during the German invasion of Po ...
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Zalesie, Ryki County
Zalesie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ryki, within Ryki County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north of Ryki and north-west of the regional capital Lublin. References

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