About Adam Benisz
Lived 1888 – 1976 (aged 87–88). Adam Benisz was a Polish non-fiction writer, military officer and jurist.
Adam Karol Benisz (10 November 1888 – 24 January 1991) was an officer for the Polish army and an insurgent Silesian. He studied law at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.
In 1921, during the Third Silesian Uprising, he was a tactical officer in the Regiment Katowice. He later became commander of the garrison in Kedzierzyn, and was put in charge of the defense of the city during the fighting with the Germans. In 1941, he became a soldier of the Polish Armed Forces.
He died on 24 January 1991, in Nowy Sącz.
Books He was the author of these books about the Silesian Uprisings: Upper Silesia in the struggle for Polish (1930) Fight for Kedzierzyn and Mount St Anny (1961) In the Storm of Life (1976)
Awards Order of Polonia Restituta
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Who was Adam Benisz?
Polish army officer (1888–1991)
When was Adam Benisz born?
Adam Benisz was born on 10 November 1888 in Nowy Sącz.
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Adam Benisz died in 1976 in Nowy Sącz.
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Adam Benisz was a non-fiction writer, military officer and jurist.
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Adam Benisz was Polish.
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