Julian Filipowicz

Julian Filipowicz (13 September 1895 – 14 August 1945) was a major general of the Polish Armed Forces[1] and a commander of the Home Army in the Kraków-Silesia Area.

He was also a commander of the Service for Poland's Victory in the Kraków area and inspector of the main headquarters of the Union of Armed Struggle and Home Army.

[1] After the outbreak of World War I, he joined the Polish Legions from August 1914 to July 1917, where he fought in the 1st Uhlans Regiment.

On 1 November 1930, after completing the course and obtaining a certified officer diploma, he was appointed commander of the 7th Lublin Uhlan Regiment in Mińsk Mazowiecki.

He led the brigade during the September Campaign, passing the combat route from Mokra through Warsaw to the Battle of Tomaszów Lubelski.

[4] After his escape and convalescence, he became the head of the Kraków District, which he commanded until March 1941 when he was re-arrested and imprisoned at Montelupich Prison, where he was tortured during interrogations.

He died on 14 August 1945 in Otwock[4] as a result of a tumor-induced hemorrhage and was buried at the local parish cemetery (sector V-15-353c).

[1][8] At the request of the Minister of National Defense, President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda, by a decision of 11 July 2019, appointed him posthumously to the rank of Major General.

Major Kazimierz Kubala (in the foreground, in a light coat) accompanied by, among others: Major Bogdan Kwiecinski (wearing glasses), Lieutenant Colonel Julian Filipowicz (to the left of Major Kubala), Deputy Head of the Aeronautics Department Major Władysław Kubala (1st of right in the foreground, in a uniform) with his wife (in a dark hat, with flowers) on the train station platform. (1929)
A group of lancers from the 7th Regiment of Lublin Lancers in front of the manor where they are quartered. In the foreground, Colonel Julian Filipowicz. (1933)