Captain Franciszek Błażej ( noms de guerre "Roman", "Bogusław") was born on 27 October 1907 in Nosówka, in Austrian Galicia. He was a professional officer of the

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and participated in the Polish September Campaign. Some time in the early 1940s, he joined the

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division of the '' Union for Armed Struggle'' (later the ''

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''). In 1945, he became a member of the Rzeszów division of the anti-Communist organization, '' Freedom and Independence'' (WiN). He was editor-in-chief of the WiN magazine "White Eagle" and, between December 1946 and fall 1947, Błażej was the director of the Southern Department of WiN. Captured by the

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in November 1947 in

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, he was beaten and tortured in the Mokotów Prison for so long that his body started to rot and gangrene set in. In October 1950, Błażej was sentenced to death. He was executed with a shot to the head on 1 March 1951 and his body was buried in an unknown location.

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20110724160700/http://www.rzeszow.uw.gov.pl/main.php?muid=3&mid=127&akID=5022&cid=809070c69fd2cd36 * https://web.archive.org/web/20070903190036/http://www.powstanie-warszawskie-1944.ac.pl/zw_win.htm * http://www.projectinposterum.org/docs/chodakiewicz3.htm
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by Dr. Janusz Marek Kurtyka, Ph.D., Instytut Pamięci Narodowej, IPN, Poland. 1907 births 1951 deaths People from Rzeszów County Military personnel of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Home Army members Cursed soldiers killed in action People executed by the Polish People's Republic by firearm Executed military personnel Executed Polish people {{Poland-mil-bio-stub

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