On the night from 4 to 5 August 1945, Antoni Heda's "Share" branch conducted 1 of the most crucial actions of the Polish anti-communist underground. Soldiers of the Association of Freedom and independency broke up the prison of Keelecki, releasing over 350 prisoners. The action was carried out practically without failure of its own, despite the fact that the prison was surrounded by forces of the Polish army, the safety Office and the Russian army. The operation saved many commanders and soldiers of the National Army from being executed.
"This was 1 of the most crucial actions carried out by soldiers of the Polish anti-communist underground. She was very well prepared and conducted" - said PAP manager of the Centre for Patriotic and Civic thought in Kielce Marek Masiatowski. He emphasized that over 350 prisoners were released during the action.
"She saved from the execution of many commanders and soldiers of the Home Army, who were threatened with immediate death" - added Masiatowski. The celebrations associated with the 80th anniversary of the break-up of the Kielecki prison began with inflammation under the execution gate.
Historical staging in Kielce
The Historical Reconstruction Association "Jodła" presented a historical staging of "Break Up the UB Prison" referring to the events of 1945. "In this year's staging we focused on little well-known participants of events from 80 years ago" - said PAP president of the Dioniza Krawczyński Association.
"Little 1 knows that any of the soldiers from Antoni Heda's "Sary" branch who attacked the prison came all the way from Nowogródzki Voivodeship. They were soldiers from the 27th Ulan Regiment" - stressed Krawczyński. Another subject of the staging was devoted to Colonel Antoni Żółkiewski, ps. "Lin", commander of the 2nd AK Legion Infantry Division.
The death of Colonel Jałkiewski
"He was arrested in Kraków, and in the spring of 1945 he was transported to a Kielce prison. Convicted of the death penalty, he was freed by soldiers "The Grey" during this action" - said the president of the Association of Historical Reconstructions "Jodła". "He died practically on their hands between the prison gate and today's street of John Paul II" - he added.
At the end of the staging, a unique posthumous photograph of Colonel Żółkiewski was presented. Krawczyński added that they were taken most likely on August 7, 1945.
Details of the historical action
Commanded by the "Share" branch of the Association "Freedom and Independence" attacked the prison at 5 Zamkowa Street in Kielce at night from 4 to 5 August 1945. He unleashed the core trapped by UB and NKVD's conspiracy ellipse structure. According to the National Memorial Institute data, more than 350 people were released at the time.
The attack on Kielecki prison was preceded by an apparent attack on Szydłowiec 50 km away. As russian soldiers stationed in Kielce, troops of the Civic Militia and the safety Office were moving towards a fake shooting, the guerrillas entered the city and freed their comrades of arms.
The destiny of Anthony Heda "The Grey"
The commanding action of Antoni Heda "Gary" (1916-2008) was a associate in the 1939 defensive war, a soldier of the National Army, a political prisoner of the Stalinist period. After the war, he hid with his household under different names. In 1948, he was arrested and sentenced to death penalty, later traded for life.
Heda was released in 1956. He was decorated with the Order of Virtuti Militari (twice), the conflict Cross and the Commander Cross with the Star of the Order of Polish Revival. He received the general promotion in 2006 and died in 2008 in Warsaw.
(PAP) Note: This article was edited with Artificial Intelligence.
