Stanisław Haller de Hallenburg (26 April 1872 – April 1940) was a Polish politician and general who was murdered in the Katyn massacre. He was a cousin of General Józef Haller von Hallenburg.

Life

Between 1894 and 1918 Haller served in the Austro-Hungarian Army. Among other military functions, he was commandant of Fortress Kraków. In 1918 he joined the renascent Polish Army. During the Polish-Soviet War he contributed to the defeat of

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's army and its expulsion beyond the Bug River. In 1919-1920, 1923–25 and in May 1926 he was Chief of the Polish General Staff. After 1926 he was placed in retirement as a political opponent of the new regime headed by Józef Piłsudski.

Katyn

In 1939 he was arrested by the Soviets and placed in a POW camp in

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.J.K.Zawodny ''Death in the Forest'' Notre Dame, 1962, pg. 145''The Crime of Katyn'' Polish Cultural Foundation, 1989 , pg. 19 Along with other Polish

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, and

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(promoted posthumously).; ; ; ; ; ; Stanisław Haller is patron of the 5th command regiment of the Kraków-based Polish 2nd Mechanized Corps. POL CoA Haller

Honours and awards

* Commander's Cross of the Order of Virtuti Militari; previously awarded the Silver Cross (1921) * Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta * Cross of Valour - twice * Cross of Liberty, Class I (Estonia) * Royal Order of St. Stephen of Hungary *

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Haller, Stanislaw 1872 births 1940 deaths People from Skawina People from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Polish people of German descent Polish generals Polish politicians Austro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I Polish people of the Polish–Soviet War People of the Polish May Coup (pro-government side) Commanders of the Virtuti Militari Commanders of the Order of Polonia Restituta Recipients of the Cross of Valour (Poland) Recipients of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary Katyn massacre victims Polish military personnel killed in World War II

Life

Katyn

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