Emil Kumor

Emil Kumor, code name "Krzyś" (14 January 1899 in Schodnica – 28 December 1957) was a Lieutenant-Colonel of the Polish Army, soldier of the September Campaign and the Warsaw Uprising, officer of the Main Command of the SZP and Main Command of the ZWZ and Home Army. In 1942, Kumor initiated and organized "Operation Góral", a successful heist during which a German money transport worth 105 million Polish zlotys was captured.

Biography Source: In 1916, Kumor joined the 2nd Infantry Regiment of the Polish Legions, where he was promoted to the rank of second lieutenant. In June 1921, Kumor served as commander of the 3rd Legions Infantry Division while his main unit was the 9th Legions Infantry Regiment. On 3 May 1922 he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant. In the years 1922–1929 he was the commander of the company in the 9th Legions' Infantry Regiment in Zamość, and then of the 40th Infantry Regiment in Lviv. On 2 December 1930 he was appointed captain with seniority from 1 January 1931, and the 40th position in the corps of infantry officers. For 5 years he was the adjutant of the Cadet Corps No. 1 in Lviv; in turn – until the outbreak of the war – he was an ordnance officer of Brigadier General Michał Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski, commander of the Corps District No. VI in Lviv, and from 1938 commander of the Corps District No. VIII in Toruń. During the September Campaign in 1939, Kumor took part in the Battle of the Bzura, and then, along with General Tokarzewski and a group of a dozen or so officers, he managed to…Citește mai mult