Alojzy Wojtowicz
Polish Righteous Among the Nations
Alojzy Wojtowicz (codename: "Jurand", "Głowacki"; born December 27, 1918, in Hanaczów; died December 13, 1992, in Nowa Sól) – a lieutenant in the Polish Home Army, a member of the Polish Freedom and Independence Association, a participant in the defense of Hanaczów, and a Righteous Among the Nations. After World War II, he became the director of a school in Mirocin Górny.
Childhood and Youth
He was born on December 27, 1918, in Hanaczów (currently part of village Hanachivka, Ukraine), Przemyślany County, Second Polish Republic. The son of Szczepan (born in 1880) and Katarzyna (née Prochera, born in 1889), he had two brothers: Antoni and Kazimierz. In his youth, he attended the III State Gymnasium named after Stefan Batory in Lwów, where he obtained his secondary school diploma. He then studied veterinary medicine at the University of Lwów.
After the Outbreak of World War II
Due to the outbreak of the war, Alojzy Wojtowicz interrupted his studies at the University of Lwów during his first year (he never completed them) and was called up to the National Defense as a squad leader to combat German sabotage. After the September Campaign, he helped establish the military organization Service for Poland's Victory. He was sworn in in November 1939 and appointed as the deputy commander of the Service for Poland's Victory district in Hanaczów. In September 1939, he hid two police officers and one Polish Army officer in his parents' farm.
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