Hel - Museum of Coastal Defence - Zbigniew Przybyszewski plaque

Zbigniew Przybyszewski (1907–1952) was a Polish military officer and a

Commander Commander (commonly abbreviated as Cmdr.) is a common naval officer rank. Commander is also used as a rank or title in other formal organizations, including several police forces. In several countries this naval rank is termed frigate captain. ...

in the Polish Navy. During the early stages of World War II he served with distinction as the commanding officer of the coastal artillery station at Hel Peninsula. After the war he returned to Poland from a prisoner of war camp and resumed his service, rising to the post of CO Coastal Artillery and deputy commander of the Naval Branch of the General Staff. Arrested by Stalinist authorities under false charges of espionage, he was sentenced to death in a

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and executed."Proces komandorów" - temida z sierpem i młotem
(Polish)

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Polish military personnel 1907 births 1952 deaths {{poland-mil-bio-stub