Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski

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Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski
Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski (2nd from right)

Bolesław Ignacy Florian Wieniawa-Długoszowski (born July 22, 1881 in Maksymówka , † July 21, 1942 in New York by suicide ) was a Polish doctor, general , diplomat and politician.

Life

Wieniawa-Długoszowski was a long-time adjutant of Marshal Józef Piłsudski . Although he was one of his closest confidants, he did not hold any political office during the Marshal's lifetime. After the end of his military career, he went to Rome as ambassador in 1938 . He was formally for one day ( 25. bis 26. September 1939 ) President of the Republic of Poland in exile (he was Ignacy Moscicki nominated as his successor), but had to because of the veto of France , where the government in exile was staying at the time the Reject acceptance of office and Mościcki's resignation was withdrawn. In June 1940, Wieniawa-Długoszowski came to the USA via Portugal . He was appointed ambassador to Cuba , but refused to accept the position. He committed suicide, bitter about the exclusion of his person in exile circles.

literature

  • Wojciech Grochowalski: Ku chwale Wieniawy , Łódź 2001.
  • Wojciech Grochowalski: Boleslaw Wieniawa-Dlugoszowski. Wiersze i piosenki , Łódź 2002.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Valerio Perna: Austria e Polonia. Identica parabola nella politica dell'Italia fascista . In: Maddalena Guiotto, Wolfgang Wohnout (ed.): Italy and Austria in Central Europe in the interwar period / Italia e Austria nella Mitteleuropa tra le due guerre mondiali . Böhlau, Vienna 2018, p. 188-196 .