Stanislaw Ostrowski
Stanisław Ostrowski (born October 29, 1892 in Lviv ; † November 22, 1982 in London ) was a Polish doctor, officer and politician in the 20th century.
Life
At the age of 22, in 1914, he joined the so-called Pilsudski - Legions (part of the "Polish Army" ), and later took part in the defense of Lviv against the Ukrainians (1918) and in the fighting in the Polish-Soviet war in 1919-21 part. He then continued to study medicine at the University of Lviv , received his doctorate in 1924 and opened a medical practice in his hometown. He was also a member of the Sejm in the 1920s and 1930s . In 1936 he took over the office of mayor of Lviv and led the city's defense against the Germans in 1939 . After the capitulation of Lviv and the handover of the city from the Germans to the Soviets ( Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact ), he was arrested and sentenced to a long sentence in the Gulag . Discharged in 1942, he went to the Middle East with the Polish army formed in the Soviet Union and later took part in the campaign in Italy as a military doctor. a. at the Battle of Monte Cassino .
After the war, Ostrowski settled as a doctor in Great Britain and, after the death of August Zaleski in 1972, took over the office of President-in-Exile , which, unlike his predecessor, he held for seven years until 1979 in accordance with the constitution of April 23, 1935 exercised. He died in 1982.
Fonts
- Dnie pohanbienia 1939–1941 , London 1970.
Web links
Ignacy Mościcki (1926–1939) | Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski (1939) | Władysław Raczkiewicz (1939–1947) | August Zaleski (1947–1972) | Council of three (1954–1972) | Stanisław Ostrowski (1972–1979) | Edward Raczyński (1979–1986) | Kazimierz Sabbath (1986–1989) | Ryszard Kaczorowski (1989–1990)
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| SURNAME | Ostrowski, Stanislaw |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish doctor, officer and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 29, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lviv |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 22, 1982 |
| Place of death | London |