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Józef Żmij (1897–1972) was a Polish soldier and politician in the period before the World War II. In the World War I served in prussian Army. During the Silesian Uprisings he took part in the fights around the village of Wisła Wielka in the rank of 2nd Lieutenant.[1] After the war, in 1930s, he became the mayor of the town of Pszczyna, where he married Filomena née Kopeć.[2] In 1938 he was appointed by Pszczyna town court as a trustee to countess Beatrice von Hochberg, an underage daughter of Prince Hans Heinrich XV of Pless. Arrested by the Germans after the Polish Defensive War, he was imprisoned in Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp.
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- ^ Brzezce dz.com.pl
- ^ "Kamienice Richarda Assera". pless.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 10 March 2007.
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