"I frequently wondered why my father was so self-serving about Poland, why he couldn't stand the thought of her being enslaved by her enemies. I have come to the conclusion that this is simply a substance of the generation to which it belonged. This generation was the first 1 after more than a century of captivity to be freed and refused to give it back for anything." That's what Waldemar Gosk said about his father and his generation. So let us know the destiny of 2 representatives of this generation.
He gave everything to the Independent
Franciszek Gosk, born in 1904, in a tiny village close to advanced Mazovia, has since childhood been fleeing to fight for the independency of his homeland. At the age of 14 he left his household home and moved to Warsaw to “hunt the invaders”. He witnessed how in November 1918, after 123 years of occupations, Poland returns to the map of the world, as the first government of the Independent was formed in the capital, as the Polish Army grew. erstwhile in August 1920 the Bolshevik hordes moved to claim independency from a young Poland, sixteen-year-old Francis, volunteered to the recruiting point and giving false year of birth, he enlisted in a soldier. Sixteen-year-old was most likely 1 of the youngest Polish soldiers to participate in the War of Warsaw and to fight in the Polish-bolshevik War, for which he was awarded the Memorial Medal for the War of 1918-1921.
After the Victoria over the Bolsheviks, Francis did not want to part with the army – due to the fact that in this service he was very fond of it. First he was in the infantry, later in the squadron of the cavalry of the Border defender Corps, which was stationed in the Stołpce in Novgorod. It wasn't easy. The east border of the Republic, which was guarded by the soldiers of the COP, was constantly boiling, frequently clashes with communist guerrillas or russian gangs. That was until the war broke out. As there was a non-aggression pact with the russian Union, most of the COP troops were directed to fight on the western border. The “Stocks” squadron, which was part of the “Dreams” regiment in which Franciszek Gosk served, besides went into combat with Germany.
After the September campaign, Franciszek Gosk returned to his hometown and settled with his household in advanced Mazowiecki. The soldier's soul, however, of Franciszek Gosk, did not let him to live long without a warlord, so he shortly joined the ranks of the underground Armed Combat Union later converted into the National Army. He assumed the nickname “Stock” and became a platoon commander. With this platoon, the AK led many actions against the German occupier until the Polish Red Army entered the land in 1944.
After the dissolution of the AK, Franciszek Gosk ps. “Sęk” does not lay down weapons, now fights the communists as a soldier of the Freedom and independency organization. UB yet gets to him. He is arrested in December 1946. During interrogations, he was beaten and tortured. However, he gave no 1 up and refused to cooperate with UB. Therefore, he was put before the Communist Military territory Court in Białystok. Franciszek Goska and respective another people were sentenced to death on 14 January 1947 at a show distant gathering in Czyżew.
– I was not allowed to go to trial, I was 12 at the time, so I saw that people were splitting up. However, 1 acquainted man stopped me and said, “You have no father anymore.” I was desperate. I approached the prosecutor and the justice who were inactive standing at the scene. I squeezed their legs, begged for mercy for my father. I was brutally rejected. – recalls Józef Waldemar Gosk, boy of “Sęk”. He was 12 years old at the time.
After the execution of the sentence, on January 27, 1947, the body was not released, as in the case of over 300 victims of judicial murders committed at that time in the Białystok Voivodeship. To this day, the burial site of Franciszek Gosk remains unknown.
He lived and died in the service of Poland
Marcin Piotr Borowski-Beszta was born in December 1893 in Borowski Wypychy, located close Białystok. In the years of planet War I, he was incorporated into the Russian army. He served the rank of officer there. Later, however, he refused to service under Russian command. As shortly as the Polish army was formed in Russia in July 1917, he joined the Corps of Gen. Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki. The Tsar agreed to a Corps uprising due to the fact that he needed soldiers to fight the Bolsheviks. Even then, Marcin Borowski and his colleagues from the 2nd Knights' Legion of the Corps, to which he belonged, fought victorious battles with red-armists. In the spring of 1918, Germany occupied the end lands on which the Polish Corps was stationed. Then they disfigured the Corps. His soldiers left Bobrujska in July 1918, where there was a office of this Polish military formation, to Warsaw to join the insurgent Polish Army.
So did Marcin Borowski-Beszta. As a Polish officer, he fought to share the Independence. He participated, among others, in the action of disarming Germans in the Graves and Białystok. erstwhile Poland was to be free, Marcin decided to stay in the army. He was assigned to the 79th Białystok firearm Regiment. Soon, however, Poland's freedom was again on the line, as in August 1920 the Soviets stood at the gates of Warsaw. Captain Marcin Borowski – Beszta started fighting again. He did not remainder until the Polish Army crushed the Bolsheviks.
Finally there was a time of peace and free Poland. Captain Martin undertook his service in the Border defender Corps to defender the east border of his homeland. It was only in the early 1930s that he came down from this long watch erstwhile he received a deserved military pension. Only then did he decide to start a family. In 1933, he married and he and his wife moved into her family’s home in the Laps. In 1934 their boy was born to them, and they named him Tadeusz at baptism.
Not long did Marcin Borowski–Beszta enjoy his household life. In September 1939 the war broke out and Captain Marcin, again Poland was needed. He fought in the September campaign. In autumn, he returned to his hometown. After the aggression of the USSR on 17 September to Poland, the paws were found under russian occupation. Just after Christmas, Marcin was called to the NKVD office in the Laps.
– Although I was only 5 years old at the time, I remember my father coming home in a Polish uniform for Christmas, in December 1939, and right after Christmas he volunteered for the russian office. The another day, he went missing. It was only in the 1990s that we learned that my father, captain Marcin Borowski-Beszta, was 1 of the victims of the Katyn crime. He was arrested in the grips and transported to the NKVD prison in Białystok. During his father's interrogations, he was abused and later transported to Minsk and shot at the Kuropata ceremony. He was 47 at the time – Tells us about the circumstances of the death of his father Dr. Tadeusz Borowski, who turned 90 this year and is well. most likely due to the fact that he was an athlete in his youth. His exceptional opposition to illness and physical strength besides helped him last his stay in Kazakhstan, where the Soviets drove him distant with his parent and siblings in February 1940. For many years Dr. Tadeusz Borowski has been moving the infirmary of Divine Providence in Białystok, doing real good there.
Adam Białous
