Józef Unrug was a Polish admiral who helped reestablish Poland’s navy after World War I. As a German POW, he refused all German offers to change sides and was incarcerated in several Oflags, including Colditz Castle. He stayed in exile after the war in the United Kingdom, Morocco and France where he died and was buried. In September 2018 he was posthumously promoted in the rank of Admiral of the fleet by the President of Poland.
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Józef Unrug was a Polish admiral who helped reestablish Poland’s navy after World War I. During the opening stages of World War II, he served as the Polish Navy’s commander-in-chief. As a German POW, he refused all German offers to change sides and was incarcerated in several Oflags, including Colditz Castle. He stayed in exile after the war in the United Kingdom, Morocco and France where he died and was buried. In September 2018 he was posthumously promoted in the rank of Admiral of the fleet by the President of Poland.
After 45 years his remains, along with those of his wife Zofia, were exhumed from Montrésor and taken in October 2018 to his final resting place in Gdynia, Poland. Unrug had specified in his will that he should not be buried on Polish soil until such time as all fellow naval officers and men had been recovered from enemy control. A state funeral was held in Oksywie on 2 October 2018 in the presence of the Polish President of Andrzej Duda.
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