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Tadeusz Kutrzeba ( 15 April 1885 - 8 January 1947 ) was a General of the Second Polish Republic . Born in Kraków , then part of Austria-Hungary . In 1906 he graduated with distinction from the Military Technical Academy (Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna) in Mödling and was enlisted as Second Lieutenant in a Minesweeping unit. During the , Koenigstein and Oflag VII-A Murnau . After World War II he became the chairman of the Committee of Historical September Campaign in London . He was struck with Cancer and died in London on 8 January 1947 before he could return to Poland. He was the recipient of Virtuti Militari medal (2nd, 3rd and 5th Class), Order Odrodzenia Polski 3rd and 5th class, Krzyz Walecznych (3 times), Zloty Krzyz Zaslugi and various foreign medals. |
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