More than 100 Poles were present and the Charge gave a brief bioataphy of Major Starzynski, who met his death at the age of 44 in a Ger man internment camp before a fung squad of the dreaded Karl Hanshofter, Whose ruthlesnesy and cruelty are Known to surpass any atrocity' even the Infamous Gestapo. The major met his death after the Germans had failed consistently to persuade him, first with specious promises and than by threats, to ce-operate' with the new masters of the country. He stood aloof, a true patriot. and died a martyr to the cause of his country and the Allies, Before the last war Major Starzynsik wax connected with various secret political activities directed against the former Czarist regime, the then masters of Poland, Starzynskl never for a moment abandoned the hope that Poland would some day shake off the bonds of her servitude to a foreign invader. As a young student he was arrested a number of times for hie political exploits.
During the last war he was a mem= bor of a secret patriotic orxanizntion whose activities Were directed against the conquerors of the country.
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