Pacyfikacja pięciu wsi. O ciemnych kartach biografii kapitana Romualda Rajsa „Burego”
A Pacification of Five Villages. On the Dark Chapters of Biography of Capt. Romuald Rajs aka Bury
Author(s): Magdalena SemczyszynSubject(s): Review, Military history, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Romuald Rajs aka Bury; Michał Ostapiuk; partisans; armed resistance; ethnic conflicts;
Summary/Abstract: A biography of Captain Romuald Rajs aka Bury by Michał Ostapiuk describes the life of one of the members of the Polish Home Army Wilno (Vilnius) Underground under the German occupation who, after the war, continued military operations in the Białystok Region. Bury fought, first, in the ranks of the Fifth Wilno Brigade of the Home Army, and then in the Third National Military Union Brigade. In 1948, Capt. Rajs was executed after being sentenced to death by a Military District Court.
Journal: Kwartalnik Historyczny
- Issue Year: 127/2020
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 369-396
- Page Count: 28
- Language: Polish