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Zdzisław Peszkowski

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Polish Army officer, Roman Catholic priest (1918-2007)

Religious FiguresLived 1918 to 2007 · aged 89
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Zdzisław Peszkowski, of the Jastrzębiec coat of arms was a Polish Roman Catholic priest and one of a small group of Polish army officers who managed to survive the 1940 mass execution of 22,000 Polish citizens by NKVD, the Katyn massacre.

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1996honorary citizen of Kraków
Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Golden Medal for Merit to Culture
Medal of the National Education Commission
Polonia Mater Nostra Est

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Zdzisław Peszkowski, of the Jastrzębiec coat of arms was a Polish Roman Catholic priest and one of a small group of Polish army officers who managed to survive the 1940 mass execution of 22,000 Polish citizens by NKVD, the Katyn massacre. Peszkowski was a leading advocate and chaplain for the Federation of Katyn Families, which works with survivors of the Katyn massacre and their families.

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Religious Figures
Type
Religious Figure
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1918 to 2007 · aged 89
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5 languages

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