City or town
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Month
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Year
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Resistance operation with number of prisoners liberated
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Biala Krakowska |
May 12 |
1945 |
A failed attack on a local prison.
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Biała Podlaska |
November 28 |
1944 |
2 political prisoners freed during an attack.
|
Biała Podlaska |
March 9 |
1945 |
103 political prisoners liberated after an attack.
|
Biała Podlaska |
May 21 |
1945 |
5 political prisoners were freed after an attack.
|
Białystok |
May 9 |
1945 |
100 (or so) members of Home Army, National Armed Forces and National Military Organization escaped after the local prison was taken over by them.
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Biłgoraj |
February 28 |
1945 |
40 political prisoners liberated after an DSZ unit captured the whole town.
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Biłgoraj |
May 27 |
1945 |
A failed attempt by DSZ unit at destroying an SB prison.
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Bludek village in southern Lublin Voivodeship |
|
1945? |
An attack on a local camp for political prisoners, by DSZ unit from Tomaszów Lubelski; the camp was captured and burned down, and the NKVD commandant of the camp executed.
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Brzesko |
May |
1945 |
A failed attack on a local prison.
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Brzeziny |
September 6 |
1945 |
A failed attack on a local prison.
|
Brzeziny |
May 15 |
1946 |
A failed attack on a local prison.
|
Brzozów |
December 13 |
1944 |
11 political prisoners freed after a local prison was captured by a Home Army unit.
|
Dąbrowa Tarnowska |
May 8–9 |
1945 |
80 (or so) political prisoners were freed after an independence unit took control of the town and the prison.
|
Grajewo |
May 8–9 (night of) |
1945 |
100 (or so) political prisoners were liberated after several independence resistance units seized the whole town, killing 2 NKVD agents and 2 UB agents.
|
Grojec |
November 21 |
1945 |
A failed attack on a prison, in which 2 UB agents were killed.
|
Hrubieszów |
December 19 |
1944 |
12 Home Army soldiers kept in a local prison were freed by their own unit.
|
Hrubieszów |
May 27–28 |
1945 |
Acting together, DSZ and Ukrainian UPA units captured the whole town, burning down local prison and killing 5 NKVD agents.
|
Janów Lubelski |
April 27 |
1945 |
15 political prisoners liberated after an DSZ unit seized the town.
|
Jaworzno |
October |
1945 |
A failed attack on the Central Labour Camp Jaworzno.
|
Kępno |
November 22–23 |
1945 |
A local prison was captured, 5 UB agents and a Red Army soldier killed.
|
Kielce |
August 4–5 |
1945 |
354 political prisoners liberated; 3 UB agents and a soldier of the Red Army killed after the unit under Antoni Heda took control of the city.
|
Koźmin |
September 1 |
1945 |
A local prison was destroyed.
|
Koźmin |
October 10–11 |
1945 |
A failed attack on a local prison.
|
Kozienice |
May 5–6 |
1945 |
8 political prisoners freed, and a Red Army soldier killed after an independence underground unit took control of the town.
|
Kraków |
August 18 |
1946 |
64 political prisoners freed after a local prison was captured.
|
Krasnystaw |
November 22 |
1944 |
5 Home Army soldiers kept in a local prison, liberated by their fellow companions.
|
Krotoszyn |
August 24 |
1945 |
A failed attack on a local prison.
|
Limanowa |
April 17 |
1945 |
13 political prisoners were freed after a local prison was captured.
|
Łomża |
May 21 |
1945 |
A local prison was destroyed, 2 UB agents were killed.
|
Łowicz |
March 8 |
1945 |
73 political prisoners were freed after a local prison was captured by the former Home Army unit.
|
Łuków |
January 24 |
1946 |
27 political prisoners liberated after a Freedom and Independence unit captured the town and the prison; 3 UB agents killed.
|
Maków Mazowiecki |
May 1 |
1945 |
42 political prisoners freed and 8 UB agents killed after an attack on a local prison.
|
Miechów |
April 25–2 |
1945 |
A local prison was destroyed.
|
Mława |
June 3 |
1945 |
An attack on a local prison in which unknown number of political prisoners was freed and 3 UB agents killed.
|
Nowy Sącz |
April |
1946 |
A failed attack on a local prison.
|
Nowy Targ |
April 17–18 |
1945 |
A local prison destroyed by the unit under Józef Kuraś, 4 UB agents killed.
|
Ostrów Wielkopolski |
September 2 |
1945 |
A failed attack on a local prison.
|
Pabianice |
June 10 |
1945 |
10 political prisoners were freed after a local prison was captured.
|
Pińczów |
June 3–4 |
1945 |
A failed attack on a local prison, 1 UB agent killed.
|
Piotrków Trybunalski |
June 17 |
1945 |
An attack on a detention camp for the Home Army soldiers; the camp was captured and destroyed and 5 UB agents killed.
|
Przemyśl |
May 14–15 |
1945 |
58 persons escaped after the arrested soldiers of the Home Army took control of the prison.
|
Przeworsk |
May 15 |
1945 |
A failed attack on a local prison.
|
Puławy |
April 24 |
1945 |
117 political prisoners were freed, and 7 UB agents killed.
|
Rabka |
December 11 |
1945 |
A local prison was captured, 1 UB agent killed.
|
Radom |
September 9 |
1945 |
300 (or so) political prisoners were liberated, 2 Red Army soldiers and one UB agent killed.
|
Radomsko |
April 19–20 |
1946 |
5 political prisoners were freed after the town was captured and a local prison destroyed.
|
Radzyń |
Dec. 31 – Jan. 1 |
1945–46 |
A failed attack on the prison, carried out by the Freedom and Independence unit.
|
Rembertów |
May 20–21 |
1945 |
800–1400 men were liberated after an attack on NKVD prison camp (for more information, see: Attack on the NKVD Camp in Rembertów).
|
Rozwadów |
February 3 |
1946 |
A failed attack on a local prison.
|
Rzeszów |
October 7–8 |
1944 |
A failed attack on a prison located in Rzeszów Castle made by a Home Army unit under Colonel Łukasz Ciepliński. Home Army lost 2 men, Red Army also 2, Milicja Obywatelska – 2 as well.
|
Sandomierz |
March 10 |
1945 |
100 (or so) political prisoners broke free from the local prison.
|
Sokołów Podlaski |
October |
1944 |
A failed Home Army attack on a local prison.
|
Szamotuły |
June 7–8 |
1945 |
2 political prisoners were freed after a local prison was captured.
|
Szczyrk |
July 19 |
1945 |
A failed attempt to capture a local prison.
|
Tarnobrzeg |
November 2 |
1944 |
15 Home Army soldiers freed from local prison by a Home Army unit.
|
Tarnów |
July 1 |
1945 |
35 political prisoners were liberated after a local prison was captured.
|
Węgrów |
May 17–18 |
1945 |
2 political prisoners freed after an attack on a local prison.
|
Włodawa |
October 22 |
1946 |
100 (or so) political prisoners were freed after a local prison was captured.
|
Włoszczowa |
April 22 |
1945 |
A failed attack on a local prison.
|
Wyrzysk |
May 24 |
1946 |
43 political prisoners were liberated, and 1 UB security agent killed after a local prison was captured.
|
Zakopane |
February 1 |
1946 |
A failed attack on a local prison.
|
Zakopane |
October 13 |
1946 |
A failed attack on a local prison.
|
Zamość |
July 22 |
1944 |
18 Home Army soldiers kept in a local prison were freed by their fellow companions.
|
Zamość |
October 7 |
1944 |
34 Home Army soldiers kept in a local prison were freed by their own unit.
|
Zamość |
May 8 |
1946 |
301 political prisoners were freed after an attack carried out by the Freedom and Independence unit.
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