Mieczysław Dziemieszkiewicz

Mieczysław Dziemieszkiewicz
Born(1925-01-25)25 January 1925
Zagroby, Białystok Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic
Died14 April 1951(1951-04-14) (aged 26)
Szyszki, Warsaw Voivodeship, Republic of Poland
Awards
Cross of Valour

Mieczysław Dziemieszkiewicz, ps. Rój (25 January 1925 – 14 April 1951)[1] was a soldier of the National Armed Forces (NZS) and the National Military Union (NZW) in Poland, an anti-communist activist of the Polish underground in northern Mazovia.

Early life

Dziemieszkiewicz was born on January 25, 1925, in Zagroby, Białystok Voivodeship, Poland. The son of Adam and Stefania (née Świerczewska), in 1939 he graduated from public school in Różan. During the occupation, he attended secret teaching courses in Mackeim,[2] while working at the German transport company.

World War II

In the spring of 1945, Dziemieszkiewicz was drafted into Reserve Infantry Regiment 1 (a reserve infantry unit of the LWP) in Warsaw, where he heard the news of the death of his brother, who was murdered during a robbery by Soviet soldiers in November 1945. He then deserted his post and fled. Soon after he joined the NZS-NZW branch led by Marian Kraśniewski "Burza" (transl. Tempest), where he got his nom de guerre "Rój" (transl. Swarm). Initially, he was a link between the command of the district and the command of the county. In 1948 Dziemieszkiewicz was promoted to the rank of Sergeant. By order of the company commander Marian Koźniewski "Walter", in response to the mass arrests ordered by the Security Office (UB), Rój formed the Extraordinary Special Actions unit (Pogotowie Akcji Specjalnej), which he became the head of. As commander of the new unit, he began to carry out many actions against the communists, their special forces and agents.

Death

Dziemieszkiewicz's death was caused by his fiancée. The UB were holding her parents in custody, and she was forced to give up the whereabouts of Rój. He was killed when he tried to escape from the authorities.[3] Dziemieszkiewicz's struggle against the communists was depicted in the 2016 Polish film, Historia Roja.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Roj". ratujmyroja.pl. 9 Apr 2014. Retrieved 24 Feb 2015.
  2. ^ "Biography about Mieczysław Dziemieszkiewicz". podziemiezbrojne.pl. 14 Jul 2007. Retrieved 25 Feb 2015.
  3. ^ "Article". rp.pl. 10 Jan 2011. Retrieved 25 Feb 2015.
  4. ^ "Article". filmweb.pl. Retrieved 6 Mar 2016.
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