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Profile - Lerski Jerzy Jan

Given Name: Jerzy Jan
Family Name: Lerski
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Date and Place of Birth: 1917-01-20, Poland, Lwowskie, Lwow
Did the person die during World War II?: no
Date and place of Death: 1992-09-16, United States, San Francisco, died following bypass surgery
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Description: Taken prisoner by the Soviet Army during the Soviet invasion, he managed to escape from a train transport. He joined the anti-Soviet resistance but, with the NKVD (the Soviet Secret Police) actively looking for him, he escaped into Hungary to France, joining the Polish Armed Forces in the West. After the fall of France on June 25, 1940, Lerski went to Great Britain. In 1941 after taking the commando course he became a "cichociemny"(a member of a secret unit of the Polish Army in exile). Having been parachuted to occupied Poland in February 1943 he served as one of the couriers for the Polish Government in Exile

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For those who stayed in the Kresy area during WWII, please provide the following information:
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Type of circumstance Prisoner of War of Soviets
From 1939-09
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Residence after 1945: Country: United Kingdom
Country: United States