Izydor Modelski Explained

Izydor Modelski
Birth Date:10 May 1889
Birth Place:Lwów, Austria-Hungary
(now Ukraine)
Death Place:Washington, D.C., United States
Allegiance:Poland
Rank:Lieutenant General
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Izydor Modelski (May 10, 1889, in L'viv – September 25, 1962, in Washington, D.C.) was a Polish spy and a lieutenant general of the Polish Army.[1] Modelski also completed a doctorate in philosophy at the University of Lviv in 1917. In 1946, he was sent to the United States to establish a spy ring. Defying an order to return to Poland in 1948, he testified about his actions to the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1949.

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  1. News: Lieut. Gen.Izydor Modelski, 74, Polish Spy Who Defected, Dies . New York Times . 28 September 1962 . 14 April 2020.