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Henryk Holland
Born	(1920-04-08)8 April 1920 Warsaw, Second Polish Republic
Died	21 December 1961(1961-12-21) (aged 41) Warsaw, Polish People's Republic
Buried	Powązki Military Cemetery
Allegiance	USSR Polish People's Republic
Service / branch	Red Army Polish People's Army
Years of service	1941-1945
Rank	Kapitan (Captain)
Unit	2nd Warsaw Infantry Division
Battles / wars	Second World War
Relations	Agnieszka Holland (daughter)
Other work	sociologist, journalist, publicist

Henryk Holland (Warsaw, 8 April 1920 – 21 December 1961, Warsaw) was a Polish sociologist, journalist, writer, captain in the Polish People's Army, and communist activist. He was the father of film directors Agnieszka Holland and Magdalena Łazarkiewicz.^[1]

Awards and decorations

Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (13 July 1946)^[2]
Cross of Valour
Silver Cross of Merit (12 April 1946)^[3]
Medal "For Merit on the Field of Glory"
Medal for Oder, Neisse and Baltic
Medal of Victory and Freedom 1945
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (USSR)

References

^ Szulecki, Kacper (3 September 2019). Dissidents in Communist Central Europe: Human Rights and the Emergence of New Transnational Actors. Springer Nature. p. 61. ISBN 978-3-030-22613-8. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
^ M.P. z 1947 r. Nr 72, poz. 485 "For contribution to building a new Democratic Poland".
^ M.P. z 1946 r. Nr 64, poz. 122 "For the post-war activities of the Youth Fighting Union".

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