A Study concerning the Unit commanded
by Henryk Kwaśniewski „Lux” from the 2nd Zamość Inspectorate of the Home Army and his last Battle Cover Image

Oddział Henryka Kwaśniewskiego „Luxa” z II Inspektoratu Zamojskiego AK i jego ostatnia walka
A Study concerning the Unit commanded by Henryk Kwaśniewski „Lux” from the 2nd Zamość Inspectorate of the Home Army and his last Battle

Author(s): Bartłomiej P. Szyprowski
Subject(s): History, Military history, Recent History (1900 till today), Security and defense, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism, Fascism, Nazism and WW II, Cold-War History
Published by: Wojskowe Biuro Historyczne im. gen. broni Kazimierza Sosnkowskiego
Keywords: 2nd Zamość Inspectorate of the Home Army; Henryk „Lux” Kwaśniewski; Wacław „Mściwy” Kwaśniewski; Home Army; anti-communist underground movement

Summary/Abstract: This article investigates the creation and operational activity of the platoon detachment commanded by Henryk „Lux” Kwaśniewski from the 2nd Zamość Inspectorate of the Home Army, until it was eliminated on December 15, 1951 ina firefight in the Alojzów district. The author presents documents and reports related to the Internal Security Corps raid, which led to the liquidation of the group,and attempts to explain the inaccuracies that appear in the preserved documents.Furthermore, the documented description of the fight and how Henryk „Lux”Kwaśniewski and Wacław „Mściwy” Kwaśniewski died, the details of which differfrom those supplied by the actual participants, is also subjected to scrutiny.

  • Issue Year: XXII/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 105-136
  • Page Count: 32
  • Language: Polish