Augustyn Träger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Polish resistance fighter
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Place of Birth: Kalnica, Lesko County, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Poland
About Augustyn Träger
- Augustyn Träger (25 August 1896 – 22 April 1957), codenames Sek (Knot) and Tragarz (Porter), was a Polish-Austrian soldier during World War I and an intelligence officer in interwar and German-occupied Poland.
- Along with his son, Roman Träger, he played an important role in obtaining intelligence on the German V-1 and V-2 missiles which were being tested on the island of Usedom in Pomerania.
- He passed the information along to the Polish resistance organization Home Army, which then passed it on to the Allies in London.
- This led to the Allied bombing of Peenemünde in Operation Hydra in 1943.
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