Jan Baliś was born in Chrzanów to Piotr Baliś I and Antonina née Oczkowska. He graduated from the School of Industry in Chrzanów in 1914. In 1917 he joined the Polish Military Organization (POW) and in 1919 the Polish Army. In 1919-1920 he was fighting in the Polish-Soviet war on the northern front (today Lithuania, Belarus and Latvia) in an armoured brigade. Demobilised in 1921 he returned to Chrzanów and worked as a chauffeur of the managing director of "Fablok", the locomotive factory. In 1924 he married Maria née Oczkowska of Chrzanów and had a new house built where he moved with his wife (1927) and the only child, daughter Agata (1926-2009). In 1935 he worked on construction of Marshal Piłsudski's Mound in Kraków (Cracow).
In September 1939 he was drafted into the Polish Army and took part in the war in southern Poland. On 18th September 1939 he crossed with his unit the Polish-Hungarian boundary in the Carpathians and found himself interned in Tápiógyörgye in Hungary. He stayed in Hungary until 1940 when an agreement was reached between the governments of Hungary and Germany allowing Polish soldiers to return to German-occupied part of Poland. Jan Baliś returned to Poland and started working in "Fablok" again. In 1941 the Germans evicted him and his family from his newly built house and confiscated the house and its inventory. The house was given to a Nazi policeman. It was only in 1945, following Germany's collapse, that the family got their house back. Jan Baliś died in Chrzanów.
In September 1939 he was drafted into the Polish Army and took part in the war in southern Poland. On 18th September 1939 he crossed with his unit the Polish-Hungarian boundary in the Carpathians and found himself interned in Tápiógyörgye in Hungary. He stayed in Hungary until 1940 when an agreement was reached between the governments of Hungary and Germany allowing Polish soldiers to return to German-occupied part of Poland. Jan Baliś returned to Poland and started working in "Fablok" again. In 1941 the Germans evicted him and his family from his newly built house and confiscated the house and its inventory. The house was given to a Nazi policeman. It was only in 1945, following Germany's collapse, that the family got their house back. Jan Baliś died in Chrzanów.
Jan Baliś was born in Chrzanów to Piotr Baliś I and Antonina née Oczkowska. He graduated from the School of Industry in Chrzanów in 1914. In 1917 he joined the Polish Military Organization (POW) and in 1919 the Polish Army. In 1919-1920 he was fighting in the Polish-Soviet war on the northern front (today Lithuania, Belarus and Latvia) in an armoured brigade. Demobilised in 1921 he returned to Chrzanów and worked as a chauffeur of the managing director of "Fablok", the locomotive factory. In 1924 he married Maria née Oczkowska of Chrzanów and had a new house built where he moved with his wife (1927) and the only child, daughter Agata (1926-2009). In 1935 he worked on construction of Marshal Piłsudski's Mound in Kraków (Cracow).
In September 1939 he was drafted into the Polish Army and took part in the war in southern Poland. On 18th September 1939 he crossed with his unit the Polish-Hungarian boundary in the Carpathians and found himself interned in Tápiógyörgye in Hungary. He stayed in Hungary until 1940 when an agreement was reached between the governments of Hungary and Germany allowing Polish soldiers to return to German-occupied part of Poland. Jan Baliś returned to Poland and started working in "Fablok" again. In 1941 the Germans evicted him and his family from his newly built house and confiscated the house and its inventory. The house was given to a Nazi policeman. It was only in 1945, following Germany's collapse, that the family got their house back. Jan Baliś died in Chrzanów.
In September 1939 he was drafted into the Polish Army and took part in the war in southern Poland. On 18th September 1939 he crossed with his unit the Polish-Hungarian boundary in the Carpathians and found himself interned in Tápiógyörgye in Hungary. He stayed in Hungary until 1940 when an agreement was reached between the governments of Hungary and Germany allowing Polish soldiers to return to German-occupied part of Poland. Jan Baliś returned to Poland and started working in "Fablok" again. In 1941 the Germans evicted him and his family from his newly built house and confiscated the house and its inventory. The house was given to a Nazi policeman. It was only in 1945, following Germany's collapse, that the family got their house back. Jan Baliś died in Chrzanów.
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