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Antoni Heda

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Polish Resistance fighter (1916-2008)

Lived 1916 to 2008 · aged 91
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Antoni Heda was a Polish military commander and a notable veteran of the Polish resistance movement in World War II and later independence movement against Soviet occupation following the war.

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20052005Plaque commemorating general Antoni Heda at Gdynia Chylonia train station. Here he was arrested by communist Ministry of Public Security.Plaque commemorating general Antoni Heda at Gdynia Chylonia train station. Here he was arrested by communist Ministry of Public Security.

Awards 8

1995Polonia Mater Nostra Est
Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari
Gold Cross of the Virtuti Militari
Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Armia Krajowa Cross
Order of the Star of Perseverance
Medal for Participation in the Defensive War of 1939
Cross of Valour (1939)

Connected to Antoni 6

Leopold OkulickiAlso won Order of the Star of PerseveranceClive CaldwellAlso won Cross of Valour (1939)Ignacy TokarczukAlso won Polonia Mater Nostra EstJan MazurkiewiczAlso won Medal for Participation in the Defensive War of 1939Roman AbrahamAlso won Gold Cross of the Virtuti MilitariMira ZimińskaAlso won Armia Krajowa Cross

About this person

Antoni Heda was a Polish military commander and a notable veteran of the Polish resistance movement in World War II and later independence movement against Soviet occupation following the war. Among the best known of his partisan actions was the raid on Communist prison in Kielce in August 1945, in which roughly 300 political prisoners were freed. His codename was "Szary" (Grey).

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deceased
Dates
Lived 1916 to 2008 · aged 91
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