initiative of the Association of Political Prisoners and Social Committee of the Confederate Soldiers Memorial Tatrzanska, Rocha, and grouping the "Lightning", on Saturday 19 February. took place near Nowy Targ Waksmundzie 64 th anniversary celebration last fight and the death of Maj. Joseph Kurasia "Eagle" - "Fire".
One of the largest guerrilla grouping, after the Soviet invasion led to the Podhale Maj. Joseph Kuraś "Fire." his troops only in the district of Nowy Targ disarmed all stations except MO Zakopane and Szczawnica. Some several times. Fear paralyzed him PPR committees. Contributions imposed on the functions of mayors obsadzał their people, liquidating informers, secret police, and NKVD officers, and the most zealous minions of the new occupant. Journalism peerelowska not left to him and his soldiers of dry noodles.
Protection Division Staff grouping "Fire" was divided into five teams, led by the "wretched", "Rock," "Grim", "Hare" and "Smigly. number of soldiers staying directly at the command headquarters ranged from 60 to 90 people who were operating mainly in the Volunteers and Turbacz massif. Staff stationed mostly in shacks, huts and dugouts at Turbacz, Kiczorze, Stare Wierchy and Luban, and operated mainly in the Gorce Mountains and nearby towns.
Death heroic commander
attack on the house of Joseph and Anna Zagatów, in which he was "Fire" began on Feb. 21, 1947, approximately hour. 13:00. previously surrounded the entire complex of buildings in the triangle of three roads. During the shootout, "Powicher" along with the wounded, "Harnasie" managed to break through and escape. They died, "Cold" and "Raven." "Szpakowi" went into hiding.
first unseen guerrillas infiltrated into the adjacent building Michael Ostwald. Buildings set on fire, but "Fire" along with "Hanka" managed to escape to the next building, Mary Kowalczyk - axillary. Surrounded there, was summoned to surrender. He declined, instructing advantage of this proposal, "Hance." After her exit from the building, "Fire" tried to commit suicide. Shot in the temple, however, did not cause immediate death - a state of unconsciousness was captured. Soldiers raid, after the intrusion up to the attic, threw the unconscious "Fire up the stairs, but the UB-ECY, fully appreciating the importance of the information they were planning to get at the hearings, at any price they wanted to save him. He was transferred to the truck, paramedic KBW gave him first aid and he was taken to the hospital, Nowy Targ, who was surrounded by a cordon of KBW and the intra-watched "Fire" guard UB and MO.
life saving attempts were unsuccessful. Major Joseph Kuraś "Fire," died twenty minutes after midnight, which is already 22 February 1947. Body was removed and placed in the yard WUBP in Krakow and, according to unconfirmed information, the next day sent them a medical Division of the Academy of Medical Sciences, as a corpse of an unknown man. To date no known burial place of Major. "Fire".
In today's celebrations in Waksmundzie:
10 am - open-air staging of the historical with the participation of groups from Waksmundu Historical Reconstruction, Tri-City and Warsaw, entitled: "We're not terrible Soviet power."
11am - Mass. in the parish church of St. Hedwig - the intention of Highlanders who died in the struggle to free Poland from the German and Soviet occupiers in the years 1939-1955.
12.30 - Prayer and the Appeal of the Fallen with the participation of companies representative of the Border Guard in the cemetery, the graves of Confederate Tatra, soldiers of the Protection of Staff Major "Fire" and residents Waksmundu killed and murdered by both occupants.
short film showing archival photographs and song Fri Epitaph for a major "Fire", see below:
short film about GRH Lightning, see below:
Prepared by Maria A. Roman
[Fig. M. Roman]
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