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After the War In February 1945, he volunteered for service in the Polish People's Army. He held the position of deputy chief of staff of the 1st Polish Army, then deputy commander of the 12th Infantry Division. At the beginning of June 1945, he was promoted to colonel and transferred to Warsaw, where he became deputy chief of the 1st Department of the General Staff, and then chairman of the Polish Army Verification Commission. In September 1945, he became head of the cabinet of the Minister of National Defense and was promoted to the rank of brigadier general. In January 1946, he took the position of deputy chief of the General Staff. From 1947, he was a member of the Polish Workers' Party. In February 1947, he conducted inspections in the Voivodship Security Committees in Katowice, Kraków and Lublin, after which he proposed that the action of resettling the Ukrainians to the Western Lands should begin in the spring of 1947. Mossor was the commander of the Operational Group "Vistula", established for the purpose of resettling the Ukrainian population. When on 24 April 1947 the government presidium passed a resolution on the Operation Vistula, he received a nomination from the…Citește mai mult

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Private life He lived in Warsaw. He was married twice, from 1922 to Maria née Topczewska (died 1940), with whom he had a son, and from 1945 to Regina Ramułt née Boufałł (1912–1996), with whom he had a son, a daughter and a stepson.

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Second World War He took part in the defensive war in 1939 as a lieutenant colonel and a commander of the 6th Horse Rifle Regiment. On September 11, he was taken prisoner by the Germans. He was sent to Rawa Mazowiecka, and then to the camp in Zgorzelec (Stalag VIII A). For the first month until mid-October, he served as the senior of block A. Then he was sent to camp II A in Prenzlau. At the end of February 1941, he was transferred to Neubrandenburg. During his stay in the Oflag in Neubrandenburg, on April 17, 1943, together with a group of Polish officers, he was brought by the Germans to Katyn, where mass graves of victims of the Katyn massacre were discovered. There, he was introduced to the mass graves of Polish officers previously imprisoned in the camp in Kozelsk. Than he prepared a report dated August 23, 1943, which he forwarded to the Commander-in-Chief. On June 11, he was transferred to Oflag 8 in Frauenberg near Lübben. On August 4, 1943, he was sent to Neubrandenburgand in January 1944, he was transferred to Oflag II D Gross-Born. To protect himself from accusations of collaboration with the Germans,…Citește mai mult

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Bibliography Personnel Journal of the Ministry of Military Affairs. Janusz Królikowski, "Generals and Admirals of the Polish Army 1943–1990". Toruń, publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, 2010. ISBN 978-83-7611-801-7. Marek Jabłonowski, Piotr Stawecki, "A study of Poland's strategic plan against Germany by Kutrzeba and Mossor." Warszawa, publisher: Instytut Wydawniczy Pax, 1987. ISBN 83-211-0863-6. Jarosław Pałka, "General Stefan Mossor (1896–1957). Military Biography." Warsaw, publisher: Oficyna Wydawnicza „Rytm”, 2008. ISBN 978-83-7399-320-4.

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The Interwar Period After Poland regained independence, he served in the Polish Army. In January 1919, he was promoted to officer rank. He was assigned to a full-time position in the 11th Uhlan Regiment located in Mińsk Mazowiecki. He was then assigned to the Blue Army under the command of General Józef Haller. On July 7, he reported to the army headquarters and headquarters in Kraków. In June, he began forming the 5th Siberian Division. During the Polish-Soviet War, he commanded the 1st Squadron of the 4th Mounted Rifle Regiment. In 1921, he began his studies at the Lviv Polytechnic. He was verified as a lieutenant and returned to the 6th Mounted Rifle Regiment in Hruszów. At the end of February, he applied for a transfer from the 6th Mounted Rifle Regiment to the 3rd Light Cavalry Regiment. On April 20 of the same year, he was assigned to a cavalry regiment. As a result of reorganization, Mossor ended up in Płock. On May 11, he became temporary deputy commander of the 2nd squadron. On January 17, 1922, he was transferred to the position of acting commander of the 3rd squadron. On August 3, 1922, he was promoted to captain.…Citește mai mult

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Stefan Adolf Mossor (23 October 1896, Kraków - 22 September 1957) was a Polish general. He was a member of the Polish Legions. From 1928 to 1930, he studied at École Supérieure de Guerre in Paris. In the Second Polish Republic he reached the rank of the lieutenant colonel. He was taken prisoner by the Germans during the invasion of Poland.

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Youth His parents were Kazimierz and Józefa Konstancja Kretschmer. He had two brothers, Stanisław and Tadeusz. He was raised in a family with patriotic traditions. He began his secondary school education in one of the Lviv gymnasiums. In the years 1908-1914 he continued his education in Jarosław. He studied at the local Imperial-Royal I Gymnasium, finishing the 7th grade in 1914. Before the outbreak of the First World War, he was accepted to study at the Forestry Academy in Vienna.

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First World War After the outbreak of the First World War, he was sent to a reserve troop, which was later transformed into the 2nd Infantry Regiment. He was transported to Carpathian Ruthenia. On October 23, his unit fought its first skirmish with the Russian Army. On October 29, his unit fought in the Battle of Mołotków, during which Stefan Mossor was wounded. On November 4, he shot himself in the hand and was delegated to serve as a telephone operator, and was then sent to hospital. On December 4, 1914, he joined the cavalry. In July 1915, he served in the 2nd Squadron of the 2nd Uhlan Regiment. On June 13, 1915, the squadron led a charge near Rokitna. Then he went to Rarańcza. In October, he was transferred to Volhynia. During the first decade of November he served in the 3rd Regiment of the 2nd Brigade and took part in the battles of Lisów and Kostiuchnówka. During one of the patrols he was injured or wounded and at the beginning of December 1915 he was hospitalized. On 10th February 1916 he was transferred to the Polish Legions in Przemyśl. He was withdrawn to the frontline zone. On 10th…Citește mai mult