Jan Karcz
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Jan Karcz (16 October 1892, in Modlica near Kraków – 25 January 1943, in Auschwitz) was a Polish Army colonel, posthumously promoted to the rank of a brigadier general.
During the Second World War he was held and murdered in the Birkenau concentration camp,{{Google books |id=lBkmAwAAQBAJ |page=132 |title=Auschwitz, the Allies and Censorship of the Holocaust }} of Nazi Germany.
Awards
- Virtuti Militari, Silver Medal
- Cross of Valour, four times
- Polonia Restituta, Officer Cross
- Cross of Merit, Golden Cross
- Order of the Star of Romania, Officer Cross
- Latvian Commemorative Medal
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Category:Recipients of the Cross of Valour (Poland)
Category:Officers of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Category:Recipients of the Gold Cross of Merit (Poland)
Category:Polish people who died in Auschwitz concentration camp
Category:Military personnel from Kraków
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Category:Resistance members who died in Nazi concentration camps
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