About Jan Rzepecki
Lived 1899 – 1983 (aged 83). Jan Rzepecki was a Polish military officer, historian, military historian, pedagogue, opinion journalist and political activist.
Jan Rzepecki alias „Prezes” (29 September 1899 in Warsaw – 28 April 1983 in Warsaw) was a Polish soldier and military historian, colonel of the Polish Army. Commander of the Bureau of Information and Propaganda of Home Army from 1940 to 1945. After World War II commander of the Armed Forces Delegation for Poland and the first president of the anti-communist organization Freedom and Independence.
He was arrested by the communist government shortly afterward and decided to cooperate with the state authorities, for which his sentence was pardoned.
He was the uncle of Ewa Pohoska.
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Who was Jan Rzepecki?
Polish officer and historian (1899–1983)
When was Jan Rzepecki born?
Jan Rzepecki was born on 29 September 1899 in Warsaw.
When did Jan Rzepecki die?
Jan Rzepecki died on 28 April 1983 in Warsaw.
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Jan Rzepecki was a military officer, historian, military historian, pedagogue, opinion journalist and political activist.
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Jan Rzepecki was Polish.
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