Jan Karcz
colonel of the Polish Army (1892–1943)
Jan Karcz (16 October 1892, in Modlica near Kraków – 25 January 1943, in Auschwitz) was a Polish Army colonel, posthumously promoted to the rank of a brigadier general.
During the Second World War he was imprisoned and murdered in the Birkenau concentration camp, of Nazi Germany.
Early life
Karcz was born in Modlnica on October 16, 1892, the son of Bartłomiej, a farmer, and Marianna Wojdył.
In 1912, after passing the baccalaureate in Krakow, he began his studies at the faculty of road and bridge construction at Lviv Polytechnic. Karcz graduated from the official cadet school for volunteers.
First World War
In 1914 he was mobilized in the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Army. After graduating from the official sappers school at Krems an der Donau, as an ensign he then became a second lieutenant and fought on the Serbian and Italian front. In October 1918 Karcz was put on leave to complete his studies. He enlisted in the Polish army in November 1918. As a lieutenant he took part in the Polish-Ukrainian war, first in defense of Lviv and then as squadron commander of the 7 Pułk Ułanów Lubelskich (7th Lublin Uhlan Regiment) until February 1919.
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