Alojzy Adamczyk
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Alojzy Adamczyk (born June 16, 1895 in Loslau , Pleß district , Upper Silesia ; † January 10, 1940 in Mauthausen concentration camp ) was a Polish resistance fighter and participant in all three uprisings in Upper Silesia .
Adamczyk was trained as a locksmith and worked in a coking plant in Radlin in Wodzisław Śląski until the outbreak of World War II . On September 8, 1939, during the conquest of Poland by the Wehrmacht , he received a summons to the police, was arrested and held in a basement office in Radlin. From there he was transported to the Buchenwald concentration camp and then to the Mauthausen concentration camp , where he was murdered.
Adamczyk was a distant descendant of the last Polish king, Stanislaus II August Poniatowski .
Honors
- Silver Cross of Merit
- Cross of the Silesian Insurgents
- Knight's Cross of the Order of Rebirth of the Polish Order Polonia Restituta (Order Odrodzenia Polski).
literature
- Jerzy Klistała: Martyrologium mieszkańców Ziemi Rybnickiej, Wodzisławia Śląskiego, Żor, Raciborza w latach 1939-1945. Słownik biograficzny. Towarzystwo Opieki nad Oświęcimiem 2006, ISBN 83-916718-2-8
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adamczyk, Alojzy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish resistance fighter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Loslau , Pleß district , Upper Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 10, 1940 |
| Place of death | Mauthausen concentration camp |