Gustaw Paszkiewicz

His younger brother Wilhelm was a colonel of the Polish Army, murdered by the NKVD in the Katyn massacre.

In 1914–1917 he fought in the Russian Army, and then joined Polish I Corps in Russia, in which he was company leader of the 3rd Rifles Regiment.

In 1923–24, Paszkiewicz attended Wyższa Szkoła Wojenna in Warsaw, after which he was promoted to the rank of officer in the Polish General Staff.

On 18 December 1945 Gustaw Paszkiewicz returned to Poland, and on 15 January 1946 he joined the Polish People's Army.

Soon afterwards, he was appointed commandant of the 16th Infantry Division from Białystok, as well as head of local security office, which coordinated the operations against anti-Communist guerrillas (Cursed soldiers).