MAJOR GOOD HENRYK "HUBAL" – LEGENDAR LANDER OF SEPTEMBER CAMPAN
Henryk Dobrzański, coat of arms of Leliwa, ps. “Hubal” (born 22 June 1897 in Jasla, born 30 April 1940 under Anielin) – Major cavalry of the Polish Army, athlete (request), last Polish “zagończyk” as the commander of the branch of the separated Polish Army during planet War II.
He never considered himself a partisan. Major Henryk Dobrzański "Hubal" was the last soldier of the Republic who wanted to last in uniform to come to the rescue from the West.
– I will not take off the uniform until I die – this was the promise made by Major Henryk Dobrzański, the commander of the last branch of the Polish Army, formed on 23 September 1939. And he kept that promise. He died at Anielin close Opoczna on 30 April 1940.
The character of Major Henryk Dobrzański introduced Tadeusz Nowakowski to listeners on the air of the Polish RWE Radio station in the broadcast "Major Hubal – the last of Kmiciców" given in December 1973. Friends and erstwhile humanists spoke on the program.
– It was the most faithful of the faithful sons of the Homeland," said erstwhile commander of the Polish Army Józef Halicki, then an AK officer. I'm happy to fight with that hero. I fought in Hubal's unit from beginning to end.
– I besides served under Hubal, he matched me as a soldier," said another associate of the branch, Władysław Majchrowicz.
Henryk Dobrzańsk ps. “Hubal” and was born on 22 June 1897 in Jasla, in a noble household with aristocratic connections, as the second kid of Henryk Dobrzański, the coat of arms of Leliwa and Maria of Lubieniecki. After his mother, he was a descendant of the old aristocratic home of Lubieniecki's coat of arms. His grandpa was Włodzimierz hr. Lubieniec insurgent from 1863, and his great-grandfather Hippolit
- Lubieńcki, officer of the November Uprising. Henry's father – after the sword he came from the Dobrzański household – Dobra Szlachecka, was a descendant of the Moszynski household of coat of arms Nałęcz; (...). Henry's grandma came from the Primate Line (?) of the Potock coat of arms Pilawa (Golden). She was the granddaughter of Stanisław Potocki and Franciszek Młokosiewicz. According to research, Henryk Dobrzański was a direct descendant of Zawisza Czarny from Garbów, both from his father and mother's side. This fact is denied by H. Sobierajski and A. Dyzyński. In their opinion, this knight is not in the household tree of the Dobrzański family, and among the ancestors of 'Hubal' are Jerzy, Zańko and Dmitri – knights from Ułucz (XIV/XV century).
In 1903, Henryk Dobrzański began his home education in the field of the four-class People's School and then, after moving to Krakow, continued his education in the seven-class Real School. From 1907 to 1910 he was a student of the Second Higher Real School, which was then located on Michałowski Street. He learned well, in school reports he is described as “the gifted”. In the school year 1912/1913 he was again among the students of the Second School of Reality, in the 5th grade, but the break due to the departure adversely affected his academic performance. He had to repeat the class by moving to the First Higher Real School on this occasion. In the school year 1914/1915 he was on the list of class VI students, but already
in December 1914 he applied to the Polish Legions and did not graduate. It is so incorrect to see in any publications that Henryk Dobrzański passed his GED in June 1914 and began his studies at the Jagiellonian University. He may have taken the maturity test later, even during the war, in a peculiar mode.
AND planet WAR
Young Henryk Dobrzański as a postgraduate of the course in Polish firearm Teams tried to get him admitted to the Polish Legions. However, his young age stood in the way, so he changed his birth year to 1896 and was admitted to the Legions.
On 1 December 1914, 17-year-old Henryk Dobrzański appeared at the Polish Legions Assembly station in Kraków. In May 1915, in the rank of corporal, he was assigned to a staff cavalry platoon at the Command of the Polish Legions, and as early as December at his own request, he was transferred to the 3nd Squadron of the 2nd Regiment of the Polish Legions to participate straight in front actions. During the July 1917 oath crisis, a crucial part of the Second Legion Brigade along with the 2nd Ulan Regiment took an oath of allegiance to the German Emperor and was renamed the Polish Meal Corps. In January 1918, Mt. Dobrzański, as 1 of the distinguished soldiers, was directed to the School of Podchorzech II Brigade in Mamajesta. But he did not finish his studies due to the fact that
In February 1918, as a sign of protest against the signing of the Treaty of Brest, part of the troops of the Polish Aid Corps, mainly from the Second Legion Brigade, under the command of Colonel Joseph Haller, broke through the Austrian-Russian front and moved to Russia, connecting with the Second Polish Corps. A large part of the troops' soldiers to whom Colonel Haller's orders did not scope and the listeners of the Podchorzech School together with Captain Dobrzański were imprisoned in an internment camp in Száldobos, Hungary. Then Henryk Dobrzański went to a camp in Talabor where he fell ill. For this reason, he was severely transferred to the infirmary in Marmaroz Shiget, where after recovering, he and 2 another soldiers decided to escape from captivity. As an aide to a steamboat smoker, he crossed the border and found refuge first in the Deep and later in the Czech Republic's estate.
He never considered himself a partisan. Major Henryk Dobrzański "Hubal" was the last soldier of the Republic who wanted to last in uniform to come to the rescue from the West.
– I will not take off the uniform until I die – this was the promise made by Major Henryk Dobrzański, Ps. Hubal, commander of the last branch of the Polish Army, formed on 23 September 1939. And he kept that promise. He died at Anielin close Opoczna on 30 April 1940.
The character of Major Henryk Dobrzański introduced Tadeusz Nowakowski to listeners on the air of the Polish RWE Radio station in the broadcast "Major Hubal – the last of Kmiciców" given in December 1973. Friends and erstwhile humanists spoke on the program.
– It was the most faithful of the faithful sons of the Homeland," said erstwhile commander of the Polish Army Józef Halicki, then an AK officer. I'm happy to fight with that hero. I fought in Hubal's unit from beginning to end.
– I besides served under Hubal, he matched me as a soldier," said another associate of the branch, Władysław Majchrowicz.
A soldier from the youngest years
He began his military career very early, due to the fact that at the age of 12. – Then in the Czech Republic under Miechowec, in the property of his uncle Mieroszewski, who raised him, a Mass was held, during which he was served, you fire a young soldier who sought the Legions – we hear on the broadcast.
Patriot, he's hot on the gun. He had not only military successes in his life.
– He belonged to this group of Polish bachelors, who were admired throughout Europe during the hippical competitions from 1924 to 1926. He was a large rider, a large horse expert, collected many laurels and awards on various tracks.
SEPTEMBER CAMPANIES
In 1939, Dobrzański took part in defending Grodn against the entering Red Army units. After the surrender of another troops, the regiment in which he served managed to break the enemy's line. Despite his decision to disband the branch, Henryk Dobrzański decided to proceed his march towards the capital.
After the surrender of Warsaw, he tried to scope France with soldiers.
On 1 October 1939 he fought against German troops and took refuge in Kielce. After the full collapse of the September campaign, Major Henryk Dobrzański, under the pseudonym “Hubal” organized the Branch of the Detached Polish Army.
WAR PARTISH
The Hubals won their first triumph in a skirmish against the Germans under Cisor. Henryk Dobrzański did not comply with the orders of the leadership of the Armed Combat Union and the Government Delegate to the Country to dissolve troops. In March 1940 he won a large triumph in a skirmish under Hucile, in which an almost entirely Wehrmacht infantry battalion was destroyed. A akin fate, under the Booths, met another German branch a fewer days later.
On 30 April 1940, Hubala's squad was surrounded by 7,000 German soldiers in the area of Anielina close Opoczne. In the fight during which the Germans utilized tanks, the guerrilla troops were dispersed and Major Hubal was killed on the battlefield. His body was most likely transported by the Germans to Tomaszów Mazowiecki and burned there. Hubala's squad has self-solved
25 June 1940.
BLOOD AND CHURCH Cavalerist
– He was my brother-in-law and my friend," said diplomat Kazimierz Papée. The last time I saw him before leaving, after my appointment as ambassador to the Republic at the Holy See in July 1939.
The following words are written on the posthumous memory:
"Henryk Hubal Dobrzański, Major of the 2nd Rokitniański Schwolezers Regiment, soldier of the Polish Legions, Virtuti Militari bachelor and four-time conflict Cross. He died in the spain forests on 30 April 1940 after surviving 42 years.’
HUBAL'S SAND
Place of death of Major ‘Hubala’ – Chaniec ‘Hubala’
Flat sculpture depicting Major Henryk “Hubal” Dobrzański on the school building at Trocka Street in Warsaw.
Shortly after the fight and the death of Major Hubala, the place where he died was marked by a 16-year-old resident of the village of Studzianna – Zygmunt Laskowski. At that point, it was his presumption due to the fact that he found a horse corpse in this place, which later proved to be remains of the horse ‘Hubala’ – ‘Demon’. This location was indicated by respective erstwhile soldiers of the "Hubala" who arrived here shortly after the war, and the accuracy of this location was confirmed by 1 of them, the adjutant "Hubala" – Henryk Ossowski.
W In the mid-1960s, the basalt obelisk stood here, and in the second half of the 1970s the full accrual foundation was created, which was according to the concept of Łódź art – Wiesław Sniadecki and Marek Markowski under the name. ‘Hubala’. The unveiling ceremony took place on October 12, 1979. The ceremony was attended by the main producers of the movie “Hubal” with Ryszard Filipski at the head.
In 2013, the “Szaniec Renovation Committee” was established, which was accompanied by the alleged “memory wall”, unveiled in October 2014.
Although it is simply a bit deep in the forest, you can easy get to the “Szaniec” via a wide gravel road even by bus; you can get out of the Holy – InowŁódź road.
In 1966, Major Henryk Dobrzański was posthumously decorated with the Golden Cross of the Order of Virtuti Militari and promoted to Colonel.
For years, they have been searching for the resting place of the legendary Hubal. most likely the grave is located in Inowłodz, in the territory of Tomaszów.
In April 2017, the grandson of the German officer Urlich Gauer donated 2 albums containing more than 1385 photographs and six short films showing the Spala and its surroundings at the turn of 1939-40. Among the photographs were besides unknown posthumous photographs of Major Hubal. The materials went to the IPN Archive in Warsaw and were digitized.
Documents, sources, quotations:
https://www.polskieradio.pl/39/156/Articul/832272,Major-Hubal-legendar-rycer-campania-September
