Antoni Jan Aleksander Łukasiewicz (born December 27, 1880 in Niepołomice, died 1940 in Kiev) - Polish teacher, scientific and educational lieutenant colonel of the Polish Army, victim of the Katyn massacre.
He was born on December 27, 1880 in Niepołomice as the son of Julian. In 1900, he passed the secondary school leaving examination at the C. K. Junior High School in Bochnia. He studied at the Jagiellonian University, first from 1900 to 1902 at the Faculty of Law, and then from 1902 to 1905 at the Faculty of Philosophy, specializing in history and geography, under the supervision of prof. Wincenty Zakrzewski and Wiktor Czermak.
He started working as a teacher on February 1, 1906. On May 25, 1906 in Krakow, he passed the basic teacher's examination in history and geography. From May 26, 1906, he worked at the C. K. Junior High School in Rzeszów. On July 23, 1906, he was appointed deputy teacher at the C. K. Junior High School. Franz Josef in Lviv. There he taught history, geography and the history of his home country, and supervised the youth reading room. On July 30, 1907, he was appointed a real teacher at the C.K. Junior High School in Stryj. There he taught history and geography as well as the history of his home country, was the supervisor of the history and science club and the photography club, head of the geographical office, curator of the youth reading room, manager of fun and games, and in the first half of the school year 1908/1908 he ran the junior high school savings bank. On January 24, 1909, he was appointed a teacher at the C.K. IV Junior High School in Lviv. He taught history, geography and native history there, was the head of the geographical office, directed historical exercises, and was the supervisor of the historical club. From the school year 1911/1912 he received a reduction in teaching hours and from 1912/1913 he taught only national history as an optional subject. He worked at the school until the end of the 1913/1914 school year as a c. k. professor. During his teaching career, he was secretary (1906–1907), curator (1909) and director of the board (from 1909) of the Polish School Museum in Lviv.
After the outbreak of World War I in 1914, from the supplementary reserve, he was called up to serve in the ranks of the Central Imperial Army in the first mobilization (together with 13 other teachers of the 4th Junior High School). He took part in the Carpathian campaign, obtained the rank of non-commissioned officer, and around 1916 he served in a military court in the occupied territory of the Kingdom of Poland. On September 30, 1916, he received the 8th rank in his profession, starting from October 1 of that year. After being released from military service, he taught history and geography again at the 4th Junior High School from December 16, 1917. On July 21, 1918, he received a service discount for serving as the curator of the Polish School Museum. He worked at the 4th Junior High School until December 14, 1918.
Then, formally remaining a professor at the 4th State Junior High School in Lviv, he served in the Polish Army, to which he was admitted after Poland regained independence. As a captain, he prepared a report titled: About bringing back cadets who had escaped to Upper Silesia from Corps No. 1 (Lviv) and No. 2 (Modlin); earlier, he was delegated to Upper Silesia by the Third Division of the Staff of the Ministry of Military Affairs in order to "find and send back" cadets who had fled there after the outbreak of the Third Silesian Uprising in 1921. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel with seniority as of June 1, 1919 in the corps of professional officers of the administration scientific and educational. In the 1920s, he was assigned to the scientific staff of the Cadet Corps No. 1 in the Lviv garrison, lecturing history and geography there. In 1928, he was verified on the seniority list in the Corps of Administration Officers, Scientific and Educational Department, with the 1st position. In 1929, he was the commandant of the Cadet Corps No. 1. He was retired on August 31, 1929. In 1934, he was retired as an administration lieutenant colonel and remained then in the records of the District Headquarters of Supplements in Lviv City. Additionally, he was a history and geography teacher in secondary schools.
After the outbreak of World War II, the September Campaign in 1939 and the USSR's aggression against Poland on September 17, 1939, he was arrested by the Soviets. In the spring of 1940 he was murdered by the NKVD. His name was included in the so-called Ukrainian Katyn List published in 1994 (he was mentioned on the deportation list 55/5-41 marked with the number #1740; literally identified as Anatol Łukasiewicz). The victims of this part of the Katyn massacre were buried at the Polish War Cemetery in Kiev-Bykovnia, opened in 2012. His symbolic grave is located at the Bródno Cemetery in Warsaw (square 12F-3-5).
Antoni Jan Aleksander Łukasiewicz (ur. 27 grudnia 1880 w Niepołomicach, zm. 1940 w Kijowie) – polski nauczyciel, podpułkownik naukowo-oświatowy Wojska Polskiego, ofiara zbrodni katyńskiej.
Urodził się 27 grudnia 1880 w Niepołomicach jako syn Juliana. W 1900 zdał egzamin dojrzałości w C. K. Gimnazjum w Bochni. Studiował na Uniwersytecie Jagiellońskim, najpierw od 1900 do 1902 na Wydziale Prawa, a potem od 1902 do 1905 na Wydziale Filozoficznym na kierunku o specjalności historii i geografii pod opieką naukową prof. Wincentego Zakrzewskiego i Wiktora Czermaka.
Podjął pracę nauczyciela 1 lutego 1906. 25 maja 1906 w Krakowie zdał nauczycielski egzamin podstawowy w zakresie historii i geografii. Od 26 maja 1906 pracował w C. K. Gimnazjum w Rzeszowie. 23 lipca 1906 został mianowany zastępcą nauczyciela w C. K. Gimnazjum im. Franciszka Józefa we Lwowie. Uczył tam historii i geografii oraz historii kraju rodzinnego, sprawował kuratorię nad czytelnią młodzieży. 30 lipca 1907 został mianowany nauczycielem rzeczywistym w C. K. Gimnazjum w Stryju. Uczył tam historii i geografii oraz historii kraju rodzinnego, był opiekunem kółka historyczno-naukowego i kółka fotograficznego, zawiadowcą gabinetu geograficznego, kuratorem czytelni młodzieży, kierownikiem zabaw i gier, w pierwszym polroczu roku szkolmnego 1908/1908 prowadził gimnazjalną kasę oszczędności. 24 stycznia 1909 został mianowany nauczycielem w C. K. IV Gimnazjum we Lwowie Uczył tam historii i geografii oraz dziejów ojczystych, był zawiadowcą gabinetu geograficznego i kierował ćwiczeniami historycznymi, opiekunem kółka historycznego. Od roku szkolnego 1911/1912 otrzymywał zmniejszenie godzin lekcyjnych i od 1912/1913 uczył tylko dziejów ojczystych jako przedmiotu nadobowiązkowego. W szkole pracował do końca roku szkolnego 1913/1914 w randze c. k. profesora. W trakcie pracy nauczycielskiej był sekretarzem (1906–1907), kustoszem (1909) i dyrektorem zarządu (od 1909) Polskiego Muzeum Szkolnego we Lwowie.
Po wybuchu I wojny światowej w 1914 z rezerwy uzupełniającej został powołany do służby w szeregach C. K. Armii w pierwszej mobilizacji (wraz z 13 innymi nauczycielami IV Gimnazjum). Odbył kampanię karpacką, uzyskał stopień podoficerski, około 1916 służył w sądzie polowym na obszarze okupowanym Królestwa Polskiego. 30 września 1916 otrzymał VIII rangę w zawodzie począwszy od 1 października tego roku. Po zwolnieniu ze służby wojskowej ponownie uczył historii i geografii w IV Gimnazjum od 16 grudnia 1917. 21 lipca 1918 otrzymał zniżkę służbową dla pełnienia funkcji kustosza Polskiego Muzeum Szkolnego W IV Gimnazjum pracował do 14 grudnia 1918.
Potem, pozostając formalnie profesorem IV Państwowego Gimnazjum we Lwowie, służył w Wojsku Polskim, do którego został przyjęty po odzyskaniu przez Polskę niepodległości. W stopniu kapitana przygotował raport pt. O ściągnięciu kadetów zbiegłych na Górny Śląsk z Korpusów Nr. 1 (Lwów) i Nr. 2 (Modlin); wcześniej został oddelegowany na Górny Śląsk przez Oddział III Sztabu Ministerstwa Spraw Wojskowych w celu „odszukania i odesłania" kadetów, którzy uciekli tam po wybuchu III powstania śląskiego w 1921. Został awansowany na stopień podpułkownika ze starszeństwem z dniem 1 czerwca 1919 w korpusie oficerów zawodowych administracji naukowo-oświatowych. W latach 20. był przydzielony do kadry naukowej Korpusu Kadetów Nr 1 w garnizonie Lwów, wykładając tam historię i geografię. W 1928 był zweryfikowany na liście starszeństwa w Korpusie Oficerów Administracji Dział Naukowo-Oświatowy z lokatą 1. W 1929 był komendantem Korpusu Kadetów Nr 1. Został przeniesiony w stan spoczynku z dniem 31 sierpnia 1929. W 1934 był podpułkownikiem administracji przeniesionym w stan spoczynku i pozostawał wówczas w ewidencji Powiatowej Komendy Uzupełnień Lwów Miasto. Ponadto był nauczycielem historii i geografii w szkołach średnich.
Po wybuchu II wojny światowej, kampanii wrześniowej 1939 i agresji ZSRR na Polskę z 17 września 1939 został aresztowany przez Sowietów. Na wiosnę 1940 został zamordowany przez NKWD. Jego nazwisko znalazło się na tzw. Ukraińskiej Liście Katyńskiej opublikowanej w 1994 (został wymieniony na liście wywózkowej 55/5-41 oznaczony numerem 1740; dosłownie określony jako Anatol Łukasiewicz). Ofiary tej części zbrodni katyńskiej zostały pochowane na otwartym w 2012 Polskim Cmentarzu Wojennym w Kijowie-Bykowni. Jego grób symboliczny znajduje się na cmentarzu bródnowskim w Warszawie (kw. 12F-3-5).

BACKGROUND
They are comrades, fathers, sons, brothers, uncles, nephews, cousins and friends who's lives were taken by a war crime.
This Prisoner of War (POW) physical remains were placed in a mass unmarked grave and is known only to God.
On September 1, 1939 the Nazis invaded Poland from the north, west and south and seventeen days later the Soviet Red Army invaded Poland from the east, partitioning Poland in two - the result of a secret pact (Molotov-Ribbentrop) signed on August 23, 1939 between Germany and Russia. Their objective was to eliminate the Polish state, beginning with its leaders, military and intelligentsia.
In March of 1940, upon the recommendations of the NKVD Chief, Lavrenti Beria, Stalin decreed the execution of thousands of Poles.
Polish prisoners were organized into "selections" or groups and were executed at various locations including at Katyn. One of the locations was at the NKVD headquarters in Kalinin, Russia (Tver). NKVD spared the lives of 395 Polish prisoners, although no mention has been made of their names other than that of Stanislaw Swianiewicz and Jozef Czapski, both of whom were transported first to camp Yukhnov and then to Gryazovets.
Included amongst those buried during the 1940 Katyn Massacre there are 2,000 Polish police, 300 Polish border guards, 200 Polish prison guards, military police and officers, 200 Polish civilians including priests, rabbis and protestant ministers, lawyers, businessmen, landowners, professors, public officials and members of the courts.
1. Polish prisoners from Kozelsk camp were transported to Smolensk and executed in Katyn Forest. No fewer than than 4,410 prisoners were murdered.

2. Polish prisoners from Starobelsk camp were transported to Kharkov and were taken to the basement of an NKVD prison where they were executed by shots below the back of the head. Their bodies were buried in mass graves on the grounds of the NKVD sanatorium (region 6 of forest-park zone) approximately 1.5 kilometers from the village of Pyatikhatka (near Kharkov). No fewer than 3,739 prisoners were executed there.

3. Polish prisoners from Ostashov camp were taken to the NKVD prison in Kalinin, where they were killed by a shot at the back of the head. No fewer than 6,314 prisoners were murdered.

After each execution, the NKVD agents or guards would then drag the bodies of the Polish soldiers from the room and hose down the floor of all the blood. This scene was repeated continuously throughout the night until just before dawn the next day. The corpses were taken through the back door of the execution room and loaded onto covered flat-bed trucks. Twice each night these trucks drove to Mednoye where the bodies were dumped into large trenches that had been prepared in advance. Blokhin made arrangements for a bulldozer to be sent to the site with two drivers who dug up at least 24 trenches measuring a total of eight to ten meters.
Thousands more Polish prisoners were executed in Katyn forest. They had been told that they were being repatriated to Poland. The first group boarded a train, but strangely it was not travelling east but rather westward. Trains arrived at Gniezdowo station about 18 kilometers from Smolensk, others reached Smolensk, just outside of Katyn forest. From there the Polish prisoners were herded into black vans, with the windows blurred, and driven to a clearing in the woods. When they stepped out of the van, NKVD agents forced them to kneel at the edge of a huge pit. Their hands were tied behind their backs with rope or wire, and a choke knot tied around their necks and hands to prevent them from struggling. They were surrounded by dozens of NKVD agents, who systematically shot each Polish man at the back of the head, and dumping their bodies into the open pit. These massacres went on continuously throughout several weeks. By mid-May over 4,500 Polish officers had been executed and buried in eight large mass graves, the largest one containing 12 layers of corpses.
From 1941 to 1944, the Luftwaffe flew 17 sorties in the Smolensk area, some of which included the Katyn Forest. There, recorded on film, were "snapshots" of the area taken before, during, and after the German occupation. In one series of photographs taken in April 1944, discovered by Poirer and reexamined by Maliszewski, the German cameras caught the Soviets removing bodies from mass graves and bulldozing the ground to cover up evidence of the crime. Maliszewski later found more burial sites using US intelligence satellite imagery and up-to-date maps based on satellite imagery that were provided through the good offices of Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, former national security adviser to President Carter, who was sympathetic to the 'Studies In Intelligence' project.
The government of Nazi Germany announced the discovery of mass graves in the Katyn Forest in April 1943.[5] Stalin severed diplomatic relations with the London-based Polish government-in-exile when it asked for an investigation by the International Committee of the Red Cross. After the Vistula–Oder offensive where the mass graves fell into Soviet control, the Soviet Union claimed the Nazis had killed the victims, and it continued to deny responsibility for the massacres until 1990, when it officially acknowledged and condemned the killings by the NKVD, as well as the subsequent cover-up by the Soviet government.
An investigation conducted by the office of the prosecutors general of the Soviet Union (1990–1991) and the Russian Federation (1991–2004) confirmed Soviet responsibility for the massacres, but refused to classify this action as a war crime or as an act of mass murder.
21,857 Polish internees and prisoners were executed after 3 April 1940: 14,552 prisoners of war (most or all of them from the three camps) and 7,305 prisoners in western parts of the Byelorussian and Ukrainian SSRs. Of them 4,421 were from Kozelsk, 3,820 from Starobelsk, 6,311 from Ostashkov, and 7,305 from Byelorussian and Ukrainian prisons.
Those who died at Katyn included soldiers (an admiral, two generals, 24 colonels, 79 lieutenant colonels, 258 majors, 654 captains, 17 naval captains, 85 privates, 3,420 non-commissioned officers, and seven chaplains), 200 pilots, government representatives and royalty (a prince, 43 officials), and civilians (three landowners, 131 refugees, 20 university professors, 300 physicians; several hundred lawyers, engineers, and teachers; and more than 100 writers and journalists). In all, the NKVD executed almost half the Polish officer corps. Altogether, during the massacre, the NKVD executed 14 Polish generals
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyn_massacre
https://polishgreatness.blogspot.com/2012/04/katyn-massacre-soviet-nkvd-killing.html?m=1
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