Aleksander Stawarz codename: Leśnik, Baca (7 August 1896, Nowy Targ - 28 January 1941, Auschwitz) was a Polish Army Colonel.
In the First World War Stawarz served in Polish Legions. Since 1918 in the Polish Army he took part in the Polish-Bolshevik war, he distinguished himself during street fights in Minsk and the battle of Kalinówka.
During the Second World War Stawarz was commander of the "2nd Highland Brigade" of the Army Karpaty. From 1939 until 1941 he was the founder and commander of the resistance unit "Dywizja Podhalańska", which was part of the ZWZ.
He was arrested by the Gestapo and murdered in the German concentration camp Auschwitz.
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- W dziennikach personalnych M.S.Wojsk. z 1924, 1928 i 1932 r. jako datę urodzenia podano 7 lipca 1896 r.
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- 1896 births
- 1941 deaths
- People from Nowy Targ
- Polish Austro-Hungarians
- Military personnel of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
- Polish legionnaires (World War I)
- Polish people of the Polish–Soviet War
- Polish Army officers
- Polish resistance members of World War II
- Polish people who died in Auschwitz concentration camp
- Military personnel who died in Nazi concentration camps
- Polish military personnel of World War II
- Resistance members who died in Nazi concentration camps