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Karol Pawlica (12 March 1884 – 17 September 1970) was a Polish patriot, agronomist, diplomat and lieutenant in the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian army. He was dubbed "Samurai from Niebory".
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Karol Pawlica (12 March 1884 – 17 September 1970) was a Polish patriot, agronomist, diplomat and lieutenant in the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian army. He was dubbed "Samurai from Niebory".
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Bibliography Tadeusz Kopoczek, Samuraj z... Nieborów, „Kalendarz Cieszyński”, T. 21 (2005 [2004]), pp. 177–184.
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Biography Pawlica was born on 12 March 1884 in Niebory. He was the oldest son of Karol Pawlica – a farmer from the Żuków Górny and Anna from Stonawski family. An agricultural school student in Mistrzowice, after he graduated agricultural economy course in Kocobędz. He attended high school in Cieszyn, in the years 1900–1903 he studied at the renowned school of modern agricultural economy in Horní Heřmanice (part of Bernartice). Since 1904 he worked as a lecturer in an inspector in the Larisch-Mönnich estate. In 1914 he was drafted as a lieutenant reserve in the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian army. In 1915 he was captured by the Russians and was sent to the Asian part of the Russian Empire. After his release from captivity, he developed a plan to save Polish orphans from a local Siberian orphanage. After traversing the wilderness of Siberia on 24 July 1920, he arrived with a group of 41 Polish orphans at the Tokyo headquarters of the Japanese Red Cross. On that day the "Official establishment of the welfare of Polish children" was established by J. Okakura - Attaché president of the Japanese Red Cross. For his heroic deed he was honored with the Order…