Janusz Gąsiorowski (1889

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– 1949

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) was a Polish general, commander of the Polish 7th Infantry Division during the

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in 1939. Taken prisoner on 4 September in the battle of Częstochowa. He was awarded the Serbian

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and a number of other decorations. He became the father-in-law of journalist Jerzy Turowicz, who married his daughter Anna, by his writer wife, Zofia Zawiszanka. Their greatgrandson is Pico Alexander, an American actor. Janusz Gąsiorowski is buried in the Champeaux de Montmorency cemetery north of Paris.''Cmentarz polski w Montmorency'', Opracowali: Jerzy Skowronek oraz Alicja Bochenek, Marek Cichowski i Krzysztof Filip, Warsaw 1986, p. 146. (in Polish)

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1889 births 1949 deaths Recipients of the Order of St. Sava Military personnel from Lviv Polish generals of the Second Polish Republic Polish September Campaign participants {{Poland-mil-bio-stub Polish prisoners of war in World War II World War II prisoners of war held by Germany