Romuald Rajs, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Romuald Rajs

Date of Birth: 30-Nov-1913

Place of Birth: Jabłonka, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 30-Dec-1949

Profession: military personnel

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Romuald Rajs

  • Romuald Rajs, nom de guerre "Bury", (30 November 1913 – 30 December 1949) was a Polish soldier and anti-communist insurgent.
  • Member of Home Army (AK) and National Military Union (NZW), he was sentenced to death in a show trial held by the Polish communist government in 1949, charged with membership in delegalized NZW, and the 1946 killings of Polish Belarusians.
  • Rajs denied the charges of war crimes, and was executed in prison three months later.
  • His death penalty was nullified by the Military Court of Warsaw in 1995, as a communist crime.Romuald Rajs and his co-conspirator and deputy, Lieutenant Kazimierz Chmielowski nom de guerre "Rekin", became the subject of a 475-page monograph by Jerzy Kulak, historian from the IPN Branch in Bialystok, titled Executed Battalion.
  • Monograph of the 3rd Wilno Brigade of NZW - Bialystok Region 1945-1946 (Rozstrzelany Oddzial.
  • Monografia 3 Wilenskiej Brygady NZW - Bialostocczyzna 1945-1946) published in 2007 and reprinted in 2015 as Hardcover by Wydawnictwo Mireki with 678 pages.

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