Roman Paszkowski

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Roman Paszkowski (19 July 1914 – 16 August 1998) was a Polish military officer. He was participant of the defensive war of 1939, wounded twice during combat, prisoner of German Oflags (1939–1945), prisoner of the Stalinist period (1951–1955), commander of the 1st Anti-Aircraft Defense Corps (1959–1962), commander of the Polish Air Defence Force (1967–1976), ambassador of the Polish People's Republic to Angola (1976–1980), voivode of Katowice Voivodeship from 1981 to 1985, chairman of the Council for the Protection of Struggle and Martyrdom Sites from 1985 to 1990, member of the Polish People's Republic Sejm of the 9th term on behalf of the Polish United Workers' Party and also served as chairman of the Polish Army Generals' Club.

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Biography Second Polish Republic and World War II He was the son of Wacław Paszkowski (1886–1973) – administrator of the Gułów estate – and Stefania née Oprawska (1887–1964). From 1925 he attended the Adam Czartoryski State Male Gymnasium in Puławy, and then the Salesian Fathers Gymnasium in Sokołów Podlaski. A graduate of the Cadet Corps No. 3 in Rawicz (1934), where he passed his secondary school leaving exam in natural sciences and mathematics and an exam entitling him to start his studies in the second year of officer cadet school. In 1934 he began his studies at the Infantry Cadet School in Ostrów Mazowiecka. He did his internship in the 41st Suwałki Infantry Regiment. He was promoted to the rank of second lieutenant on 15 October 1936, with seniority from 15 October 1936 and 42nd place in the corps of infantry officers. The promotion was made by Brig. Gen. Emil Krukowicz-Przedrzymirski. In the years 1936–1939 he served in the 22nd Infantry Regiment in Siedlce as a platoon commander of reserve officer cadets (from October 1936 to July 1937), platoon commander in the regimental non-commissioned officer school (from July 1937 to March 1938), platoon commander of the recruit company (from March…Citește mai mult

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Further military career After his release in 1955, in the years 1955–1957 he worked as deputy director of a department in the Ministry of Agriculture. After the political changes in Poland in October 1956, he wrote a report for re-admission to service in the Polish People's Army. In accordance with the order of the Ministry of National Defense, in January 1957 he was re-admitted to the army and appointed head of the Military School of the Warsaw University of Technology. In September 1957, after passing the last exams, he received a diploma of graduation from the Świerczewski General Staff Academy of the Polish People's Army. In turn, he received a diploma of graduation from the Main School of Foreign Service in December 1956. From August 1957, he served in the Air Force and Anti-Aircraft Defense of the Country Area (WL and OPL OK). He was successively commander of the Central Command Post of the Commander of the Air Force and OPL OK (from August 1957 to May 1959), chief of staff of the Anti-Aircraft Defense of the Country Area (from May to December 1959) and commander of the 1st Anti-Aircraft Defense Corps of the Country Area (from December 1959 to…Citește mai mult

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Commemoration of the Katyn Massacre He was the first representative of the Polish People's Republic to officially visit Katyn (in 1987). In 1987, he spoke in the weekly "Panorama" that everywhere where Poles died on the territory of the Soviet Union, monuments and commemorative plaques must be erected. He also mentioned the number of 15,000 Polish officers and stated: "We must tell our grandchildren the truth". On 5 April 1989, he organized a trip to Katyn by special plane of a state delegation and a group of Katyn families. A mass was held there and soil was collected from the mass graves. On 18 April 1989, it was placed in the niche of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and under the Katyn monument at the Powązki Military Cemetery. In the autumn of 1989, the Council for the Protection of Struggle and Martyrdom Sites, under his chairmanship, organized the first special train to Katyn for the families of the murdered. He died on 16 August 1998 in Katowice, where he participated in the ordination jubilee of a priest friend. On 20 August, Bishop Wiktor Skworc of Tarnów celebrated a funeral mass for the general in the Archcathedral of Christ the…Citește mai mult

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Awards Silver Cross of the Order of Virtuti Militari (1946; on 13 April 1967 the same decoration was approved by the Ministry of National Defence of the Polish People's Republic for participants of escapes from camp II C) Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (20 August 1998, posthumously) Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1983) Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1969) Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1946) Order of the Banner of Labour (1973) Order of the Banner of Labour, 2nd class (1963)

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Gold Cross of Merit (1958) Medal of Victory and Freedom 1945 (1945) Medal "For Participation in the Defensive War 1939" (1982) Medal of the 30th Anniversary of People's Poland (1974) Medal of the 40th Anniversary of People's Poland (1984)

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Medal for Long Marital Life (1997) Medal of the National Education Commission (1973) Gold Medal of the Armed Forces in the Service of the Fatherland (1968) Silver Medal of the Armed Forces in the Service of the Fatherland (1958) Gold Medal of the Armed Forces in the Service of the Fatherland(1973) Silver Medal of Merit for National Defence (1968) Bronze Medal of Merit for National Defence (1966) Bronze Badge "For Merit in the Protection of Public Order" (1974) Golden Badge of Honour "Meritorious for Mining PRL" (1984) Golden Badge of Honor "For Merit to Construction and the Building Materials Industry" (1972) Golden Badge of Honor "For Merit to Civil Defense" (1983) Silver Badge of Honor "For Merit to Spatial Management" (1985) Bronze Badge of Honor "For Merit to Fire Protection" (1985) Golden {{[ill|Badge "For Merit to Physical Culture Activist"|pl|Odznaka „Zasłużony Działacz Kultury Fizycznej”}} (1976) Veteran of the Struggle for Independence Badge (1995)

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Military Pilot Badge (1960) Golden Badge of Honor of the Polish Red Cross, 1st degree (1973)

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Golden Decoration of Janek Krasicki (1971) Gold Medal "Guardian of National Remembrance Sites" (1987) Gold Cross "For Merit to the Polish Scouting Association" (1983) Gold Medal "For Merit to the Country Defense League" (1983) Honorary Badge of the 1st Degree "For Merit to Polish Airlines - LOT" with three diamonds (1976) Badge "For Merit to Sports Aviation" (1967) Badge of the 1000th Anniversary of the Polish State (1966) Gold Medal of Jan Kiliński with a badge (awarded by the presidium of the National Council of Crafts, 1983) Golden Badge of the Military Youth Circles (1964) Medal "For Merit for the National Defense League" (1978) Medal and diploma "For Merit and Exemplary Work" (Ministry of Administration and Spatial Economy, 1984) Medal "For Merit for the Aeroclub of the Polish People's Republic" Golden Honorary Badge of the Polish Tourist and Sightseeing Society (PTTK) (1975) Badge "Meritorious Activist of the Polish Military Association" (1973) Golden Sign of the Union of Volunteer Fire Departments (1968) Golden Honorary Badge of the Free Polish University Society (1982) Medal For Merit for the Defense Knowledge Society Golden Honorary Badge of the Central Union of Construction Cooperatives Housing (1982) Golden Honorary Badge of the Rural Youth Association (1984)…Citește mai mult

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Badge of "Builder of Wrocław" (1968) Golden Badge of "Merit for Lower Silesia" (1968) Great Golden Badge of Honor "For Merit in the Development of the Katowice Voivodeship" (twice – 1982 and 1985[36]) Golden Badge of Merit “For Merit in the Development of the Katowice Voivodeship” (twice – 1961 and 1969) Golden Badge of Honor “For Merit for Warmia and Mazury” (1971) Badge of Merit for Bieszczady (twice – 1985 and 1987) Honorary Badge "For Merits in the Development of the Koszalin Voivodeship" (1974) Honorary Badge of the Pomeranian Griffin (1970) Honorary Badge "For Merits for the Krosno Voivodeship, 1st Degree" (1987) Gold Badge of Honour "For Merit to the Białystok Region" (1990) Badge of Honour "For Merits to the Gorzów Voivodeship" (1989) Badge of Honour "For Merits to the City and Commune of Dobiegniew" (1987) Badge "For Merits to Wola Gułowska" (1986) Order of the Red Banner (USSR, 1968) Order of Friendship of Peoples (USSR, 1973) Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms" (USSR, 1985) Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (USSR, 1972) Badge "25 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–45" (USSR, 1970) Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory…Citește mai mult

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Medal of Ferdinand Foch (France, 1972) Commemorative Medal of the Hungarian Defense Association (1984) Commemorative Medal of the City of Loreto with engraving (15 May 1987) Entry in the Honorary Book of Soldiers' Deeds (1977)