Stanisław Kasznica, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Stanisław Kasznica

Polish Army officer and politician

Date of Birth: 25-Jul-1908

Place of Birth: Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 12-May-1948

Profession: politician

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Stanislaw Józef Bronislaw Kasznica (July 25, 1908 – May 12, 1948) was the last commander of the National Armed Forces (NSZ), an anti-communist, and anti-Nazi paramilitary organization, which was part of the Polish resistance movement in World War II and in the period following it.He was born in Lwów, and his father, Stanislaw Wincenty Antoni Kasznica, was rector and professor of the Poznan University in Greater Poland.
During World War II he initially fought in the Polish Army, joining the National Armed Forces resistance group after the defeat of Polish military.
After the war he did not cease the fight for Poland's freedom and fought with the NSZ against the Soviet-installed communist regime. He was arrested by the Polish communist secret police, the Urzad Bezpieczenstwa, in February 1947, tortured and condemned to death by a communist Polish court.
He was executed on May 12, 1948 in the Warsaw Mokotów prison.
His symbolic grave is located at Warsaw Powazki Cemetery.Kasznica used numerous nom de guerres, including Stanislaw Wasacz, Wasowski, Przepona, Sluza, Maszkowski, and Borowski.