Adam Benisz Explained

Adam Benisz
Birth Date:10 November 1888
Birth Place:Nowy Sącz, Poland
Death Place:Nowy Sącz, Poland
Allegiance:Polish Armed Forces
Unit:Regiment Katowice
Commands:Kedzierzyn
Awards:Order of Polonia Restituta
Alma Mater:Jagiellonian University

Adam Karol Benisz (10 November 1888 – 24 January 1991) was an officer for the Polish army and an insurgent Silesian. He studied law at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.

In 1921, during the Third Silesian Uprising, he was a tactical officer in the Regiment Katowice. He later became commander of the garrison in Kedzierzyn, and was put in charge of the defense of the city during the fighting with the Germans. In 1941, he became a soldier of the Polish Armed Forces.

He died on 24 January 1991, in Nowy Sącz.[1]

Books

He was the author of these books about the Silesian Uprisings:

Awards

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Sources

Notes and References

  1. https://encyklopedia.pwn.pl/haslo/;3876037 Benisz, Adam Karol.