Aleksander Krzyżanowski

Aleksander Krzyżanowski
Nickname(s)"Wilk", "Wesołowski", "Dziemido", "Jan Kulczycki"
Born(1895-02-18)18 February 1895
Bryansk, Russian Empire
Died29 September 1951(1951-09-29) (aged 56)
Warsaw, Poland
AllegiancePoland
RankColonel, Brigade general (after his death)

Aleksander Krzyżanowski nom de guerre "Wilk" (18 February 1895 – 29 September 1951) was an artillery colonel of the Polish Army, officer of the Service for Poland's Victory, Union of Armed Struggle, commander of the Vilnius District of the Home Army, political prisoner of the Stalinist period. In 1994 he was posthumously promoted to the rank of brigade general.

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