Józef Kuraś, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Lieutenant in the Polish Armed Forces
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Place of Birth: Waksmund, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
About Józef Kuraś
- Józef Kuras, (October 23, 1915 – February 22, 1947), noms-de-guerre "Orzel" (Eagle) and from June 1943 "Ogien" (Fire); was born in Waksmund near Nowy Targ.
- He served as lieutenant in the Polish Army during the invasion of Poland, and became the underground member of Armia Krajowa and Bataliony Chlopskie in the Podhale region.
- Soon after the end of World War II, he was one of the leaders of anticommunist resistance.Kuras died in Nowy Targ on February 22, 1947 from a self-inflicted wound after having been ambushed at Ostrowsko by units of the Polish secret police.
- Vilified by communist propaganda and accused by UBP of war-crimes, he was officially rehabilitated only after the fall of communism in Poland.
- In 2006, the Polish president Lech Kaczynski opened an official memorial in Zakopane, in recognition of his resistance efforts.
- However, Kuras still remains a controversial figure from after the Soviet takeover of Poland.
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