| Kazimierz Klimczak | |
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| Birth: | 15 February 1914 Cieplowo, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Russian Empire (now Poland) |
| Death: | 14 July 2023 Warsaw, Masovia Voivodeship, Poland |
| Age: | 109 years, 149 days |
| Country: |  POL
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| Centenarian | |
Kazimierz Klimczak (15 February 1914 – 14 July 2023) was a Polish soldier and centenarian. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living 1944 Warsaw Uprising veteran, and the oldest known living man in Poland. His age is validated by Gerontology Research Group (GRG)
Biography[]
Kazimierz Klimczak was born in Cieplowo, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Russian Empire (now Poland) on 15 February 1914.
He graduated from the NCO Infantry School for Juveniles No. 1 in Konin. From 1936, he served in the Polish Army. He graduated from the school of non-commissioned instructors and started his service in the 67th Infantry Regiment in Brodnica. In his ranks he took part in the fights of the "Pomerania" Army in the September campaign. He participated in the Battle of Bzura. He was seriously wounded near Melno, Grudziadz County and he was sent to the Ujazdowski Hospital for treatment.
As a war invalid, he made contact with the Union of Armed Struggle. During the occupationworked in the Tobacco Monopoly at ul. Kaliska 1 in Warsaw. During the Warsaw Uprising fought in the degree of sergeant at Wola in the ranks of District Ochota Army. He left Warsaw with the civilian population. He was captured, but managed to escape from the transport. In February 1945, he returned to the capital, where he was assigned to serve in an automobile regiment as the commander of a transport platoon. He served in the army until 1946.
He was an activist of the Union of War Invalids of the Republic of Poland. In 2017, he was promoted to the rank of colonel of the Polish Army.
He became the oldest known living man in Poland, following the death of 111-year-old Stanislaw Kowalski on 5 April 2022.
On 15 February 2023, he celebrated his 109th birthday. Several weeks later, he was visited and interviewed by Waclaw Jan Kroczek, GRG-Poland Correspondent, who presented him with the congratulory letter from the Gerontology Research Group, officially acknowledging his status as the oldest living man in Poland, the oldest living 1939 September campaign veteran, and the oldest living 1944 Warsaw Uprising veteran.
Klimczak died in Warsaw, Masovia Voivodeship, Poland, on 14 July 2023 at the age of 109 years, 149 days.
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- Powstańcze Biogramy Kazimierz Klimczak
- Semi supercentenarians Gerontology Research Group
- Archiwum Historii Mówionej Kazimierz Klimczak
- Uhonorowano ok. 120 uczestników powstania warszawskiego Dzieje.pl, 18 November 2014
- Wręczenie aktu mianowania na wyższy stopień wojskowy Panu Kazimierzowi Klimczakowi ZIW RP, 25 July 2017
- 10-latka podchodzi do 104-letniego powstańca. To, co od niego słyszy, chwyta za serce Metro Warszawa, 5 March 2018
- 106-letni powstaniec: "Polacy butelką wody się dzielili. A jak się skończyło, Targowica..." naTemat.pl, 31 July 2018
- "Szron" świętował 105. urodziny. To najstarszy żyjący powstaniec TVN24, 15 February 2019
- "106-letni powstaniec zaczął płakać". Oszust "mianował" pułkownika Klimczaka na generała Do Rzeczy, 8 March 2020
- Kazimierz Klimczak ps. „Szron”, najstarszy żyjący powstaniec, obchodzi dziś 107. urodziny TVP.pl, 15 February 2021
- 108 urodziny najstarszego Powstańca Wojsko Polskie, 15 February 2022
- Najstarszy żołnierz Wojska Polskiego płk. Kazimierz Klimczak obchodzi 109. urodziny Dzieje.pl, 15 February 2023
- Nie żyje płk Kazimierz Klimczak. Najstarszy żołnierz WP, powstaniec warszawski miał 109 lat Polsatnews.pl, 14 July 2023
- Poland’s oldest surviving Warsaw Uprising fighter dies at 109 Polskie Radio, 17 July 2023
| Poland's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E) |
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Walenty Cabon • Jan Michalski • Frument Jaroszynski • Walenty Tasiemski • Jan Szarpala • Antoni Drewniak • Ferdynand Pacak • Kazimierz Anuszkiewicz • Boleslaw Butrym • Boleslaw Kliszewski • Jozef Jankiewicz • Feliks Kowalkowski • Franciszek Karwowski • Pawel Parniak • Jozef Kos • Boleslaw Adamek • Konstanty Jung • Jozef Szyszko • Stefan Modrzejewski • Antoni Dobrowolski • Roman Krus • Antoni Wojciechowski • Stanislaw Swidzinski • Jozef Plawski • Jozef Zurek • Stanislaw Kowalski • Kazimierz Klimczak • Stanislaw Pelka • Wladyslaw Fidos • Tadeusz Lutak |