Stanisław Tatar
Stanisław Tatar | |
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Lieutenant colonel S. Tatar | |
| Nickname(s) | Erazm, Tabor, Turski, Warta |
| Born | 3 October 1896 Biórków Wielki, Congress Poland |
| Died | 16 December 1980 (aged 84) Warsaw, Polish People's Republic |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance | Russian Empire Second Polish Republic Polish People's Republic |
| Branch | Imperial Russian Army Polish Armed Forces Polish Armed Forces in the West Polish People's Army |
| Years of service | 1915-1949 |
| Rank | Generał brygady (Brigadier general) |
| Unit | 3rd Legions Light Artillery Regiment 3rd Legions Infantry Division 1st Polish Corps Commander-in-Chief Staff |
| Commands | Commander of artillery regiment Commander of divisional artillery Commander of corps artillery Deputy chief of staff of the commander-in-chief |
| Battles / wars | First World War Polish-Soviet War Second World War |
| Awards | () |
Stanisław Tatar nom de guerre "Stanisław Tabor" (3 October 1896 – 16 December 1980) was a Polish Army colonel in the interwar period and, during World War II, one of the commanders of Armia Krajowa, Polish resistance movement. He was appointed brigade general in 1943 and half-a-year later flew from occupied Poland to London.
After the war ended, Tatar betrayed the London-based Polish government-in-exile by organising an illegal handover of its vast reserves of money and gold (donated by the nation and called the Fund of National Defense), to the communist regime. The first batch of money was stolen en route by a consul in 1945, yet Tatar went on with his plan in 1947. He came back to Poland in 1949 on the promise of military leadership with LWP, only to be arrested and falsely accused of conspiracy against the party by the Stalinist secret police (Urząd Bezpieczeństwa). Subsequently, Tatar was tried and sentenced to life imprisonment in the so-called Trial of the Generals, but released from prison during Polish October of 1956.