Wojciech Kania (b. (1912-04-01)1 April 1912 in Łodygowice, d. 5 May 1991(1991-05-05) (aged 79) in Bielsko-Biała) – major of Polish Armed Forces in the West, promoted to the rank of podpułkownik after the war. Kania was a son of Józef and Katarzyna (née Duraj). In 1932 he graduated from gymnasium (now I Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Mikołaja Kopernika w Bielsku-Białej) in Bielsko-Biała and joined the military service. He completed the Dywizyjny Kurs Podchorążych (division podchorąży course) while assigned to the 4 Pułk Strzelców Podhalańskich (4 PSP) in Cieszyn, and then joined the Szkoła Podchor
Wojciech Kania (b. (1912-04-01)1 April 1912 in Łodygowice, d. 5 May 1991(1991-05-05) (aged 79) in Bielsko-Biała) – major of Polish Armed Forces in the West, promoted to the rank of podpułkownik after the war. Kania was a son of Józef and Katarzyna (née Duraj). In 1932 he graduated from gymnasium (now I Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Mikołaja Kopernika w Bielsku-Białej) in Bielsko-Biała and joined the military service. He completed the Dywizyjny Kurs Podchorążych (division podchorąży course) while assigned to the 4 Pułk Strzelców Podhalańskich (4 PSP) in Cieszyn, and then joined the Szkoła Podchorążych Piechoty school. After graduating in 1935 he obtained the rank of podporucznik and was assigned to the 4 PSP. In September 1939, in the rank of porucznik, he commanded an anti-armor company of the 4 PSP. On 16 September he was captured after a battle fought near Dzikowo. After seven days of captivity he escaped from a train transport near Bieżanów and returned to his home region. In Łodygowice he engaged in underground activity of the ZWZ. On 13 January 1940 he tried to escape from the country crossing the border near the mountain of Pilsko but was captured by Slovakian police and sent back. In March,…
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Decorations
Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari – twice
Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (Order Odrodzenia Polski)
Cross of Valour (Poland) (Krzyż Walecznych), three times
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Sources
Klistała, Jerzy (2009). Martyrologium mieszkańców Żywca, Jeleśni, Koszarawy, Lipowej, Łękawicy, Łodygowic, Milówki, Rajczy, Suchej, Węgierskiej Górki w latach 1939–1945. Żywiec: Towarzystwo Miłośników Ziemi Żywieckiej. pp. 180–181. ISBN 978-83-60878-09-5.
Brożek, Erwin Paweł (1992). "Dowódca Podhalan i Karpatczyków ppłk Wojciech Kania". Kalendarz Beskidzki - 1992: 63–64.
