Wiktor Wiechaczek
- Birth Date:
- 10.10.1879
- Death date:
- 03.06.1941
- Length of life:
- 61
- Days since birth:
- 52809
- Years since birth:
- 144
- Days since death:
- 30292
- Years since death:
- 82
- Extra names:
- Wiktor Wiechaczek
- Categories:
- Independece fighter, Victim of nazism, WWI participant, Worker, laborer
- Nationality:
- pole
- Cemetery:
- Set cemetery
Wiktor Wiechaczek (nom de guerre Oset) was a Polish soldier, who participated in the Silesian Uprisings. Born on 10 October 1879 in Ruda Śląska, Wiechaczek was a Polish patriot, living in Upper Silesia, which then belonged to Germany. In 1913 he took part in a strike in the Pawel coal mine, for which he was fired. After 1918, Wiechaczek actively participated in pro-Polish movement in Silesia, and together with Józef Trojok, he was one of leaders of the First Silesian Uprising. In 1921, he was a member of the Wawelberg Group (BTW the only one from Upper Silesia, all the other members were from Poland), and for his activities, Wiechaczek was awarded the Virtuti Militari cross, number 7840.
Wiechaczek was arrested by the Germans on 3 May 1940, and transported to the Dachau concentration camp, and later to Oranienburg where he died on 3 June 1941.
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02.05.1921 | Third Silesian Uprising began
The Third Silesian Uprising (Polish: Trzecie powstanie śląskie) was the last, largest and longest of the three uprisings. It included the Battle of Annaberg.