Kristina Belzhynska ( Polish Krystyna Bełżyńska ), nee Krzyzanyak ( Polish Krystyna Krzyżaniak ; September 1, 1916 , Posen - September 18, 1944 , Warsaw ) - participant in the Warsaw Uprising of 1944.
| Kristina Belzhynska | |
|---|---|
| polish Krystyna Bełżyńska | |
| Nickname | Kristina |
| Date of Birth | September 1, 1916 |
| Place of Birth | Posen , German Empire |
| Date of death | September 19, 1944 (28 years old) |
| Place of death | Warsaw , Governor General , Third Reich |
| Affiliation |  Poland |
| Type of army | Craiova Army ( Kedyv ) |
| Years of service | 1941-1944 |
| Rank | shooter |
| Part | Squad "Niva" in Kedyva (Nisko, Staleva Volya) Company "Fields" in Kedyva (Warsaw) Battle group "Radoslav" |
| Battles / wars | World War II ( Warsaw Uprising ) |
| Awards and prizes |  |
Biography
Born in the family of a bank employee Severin Kzhizhanyak and Zofia Povelskaya. Before the war, she lived in Poznan, where she graduated from the General Jan Zamoysky Gymnasium, entered the University of Poznan , where she studied polonics . I did not finish my studies in connection with the outbreak of war. Together with her husband Stanislav Belzhinsky (a sociologist by profession) and two children in the autumn of 1939 left Poznan and settled in the town of Nisko nad Xian. In 1940-1941, her husband was a prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, but soon fled from there, and the family moved to Stalevo Volya.
Stanislav joined the Army of Craiova, received the call sign "Kret" ( Polish. Kret ), served in the detachment "Niva" in the security service Kedyv . Kristina, using her name as a call sign, also joined her husband in the squad and took part in some partisan actions. On May 18, 1944, Stanislav died during the liquidation by the Gestapo forces of the Niva detachment, and Kristina soon left for Warsaw. There, as a shooter and liaison officer, she served in the Kedyv detachment of the Home Army, the company of Lieutenant Roman "Fields" of Kiznego. She participated as a liaison in the Warsaw Uprising as part of the Radoslav battle group on the Volya-Stare-Miasto-Kanaly-Srudmessie-Gurny-Chernyakuv line.
According to some, Christine died on September 19, 1944; for others, between September 22 and 24. According to the official version, this happened during the crossing of the Vistula. Posthumously awarded the Cross of the Brave.
Cristina's parents took Magda and Edita to their upbringing of Christina's daughters.
Literature
- Hanna Michalska: Słownik uczestniczek walki o niepodległość Polski 1939-1945; poległe i zmarłe w okresie okupacji niemieckiej. Warszawa: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 1988, s. 33. ISBN 83-06-01195-3 .
Links
- Powstańcze Biogramy - Krystyna Bełżyńska (Polish)
- Fundacija Kedyw (Polish)