Józef Batory

Józef Batory (noms de guerre "Argus", "Wojtek") was a Polish soldier and resistance fighter during World War II and after.{{Infobox person

| name = Józef Batory

| image = Józef Batory.jpg

| birth_date = 20 February 1914

| birth_place = Werynia, Second Polish Republic

| death_date = 1 March 1951 (aged 37)

| death_place = Mokotów Prison, Warsaw, Polish People's Republic

| death_cause = Execution by shooting

| nationality = Polish

| occupation = Soldier

}}

Batory was born on 20 February 1914 in Werynia, Poland. He fought in the 1939 Polish September Campaign, then was an active member of the anti-German resistance. In the early 1940s, he became commandant of the Kolbuszowa district of the Home Army.

From 1945 on, Batory became a leading member of the anti-Communist organization, Freedom and Independence. Apprehended by the Ministry of Public Security, some time in the late 1940s, he was executed on the evening of 1 March 1951 in the infamous Mokotów Prison in Warsaw.

The location of his grave is unknown. Batory is commemorated as one of the "Cursed soldiers" of Poland.[http://www.polskieradio.pl/78/1227/Artykul/1733641,1-marca-Narodowy-Dzien-Pamieci-Zolnierzy-Wykletych "1 marca Narodowy Dzień Pamięci Żołnierzy Wyklętych"], Polskie Radio