Antoni Szymański
Antoni Szymański ( born July 30, 1894 in Poznan, † December 11, 1973 in London) was a general of the Polish Army and Military Attaché 1932-1939 in Berlin.
Life
As a Prussian citizen, he was one of the participants of the First World War. He fought on the German Western Front and took part, among others, in the Battle of Verdun. Following the establishment of the independent Polish Republic Szymański was a member of the newly established Polish Army and later made in the diplomatic service career. During his time as a military attaché he had frequent contact with Wilhelm Canaris and other personalities of the German national resistance against National Socialism. 1938 and 1939, he coordinated the Community military activities of the German and Polish military. After the invasion of the Wehrmacht in the Polish Republic, Szymański could settle with his family by his diplomatic immunity in the night of 5 September 6, 1939 in Berlin and travel through Copenhagen, Stockholm and Helsinki to Poland. There he joined immediately the Polish Army and took part in the fighting against the Wehrmacht in Lviv. On 22 September 1939, he was found there by the Red Army and remained until 1941 in Soviet captivity. After the Sikorski - Maisky Agreement, he was released and he joined the Anders Army to.
Szymański was married to Halina Szymańska, their daughters are common Hanka, Ewa and Marysia.