Zygfryd Wende
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Zygfryd Wende before 1925 |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Born | 3 January 1903 Roździeń, German Empire |
| Died | 11 or 12 April 1940 (age 37) Kalinin, Soviet Union |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Sport | Boxing |
Zygfryd Wende (1 January 1903 – 11 or 12 April 1940) was a Polish boxer and police officer. A victim of the Katyn massacre.
Biography
[edit]Wende was born on 1 January 1903 in Roździeń (a district of Katowice), Upper Silesia. He was a Silesian. After finishing primary school, he practiced baking in Wrocław.[1]
In 1923, Wende signed up to the boxing section of Lechia 06 Mysłowice. He was employed as a physical worker at a factory in Mysłowice.[2] One of his first successes was a match in October 1924 in Katowice, where he defeated Jerzy Snoppek.[1] In 1925, Wende joined the Polish Armed Forces and served in the 24th Infantry Regiment.[3] He continued his boxing career in the Cestes Warszawa club.[2] He won the Polish lightweight and welterweight championship title three times.[3] He represented Poland at the first European Amateur Boxing Championships in 1925 in Stockholm, Sweden.[4] He trained the boxing section of Czarni Lwów.[5]
In 1928, Wende joined the Silesian Voivodeship Police. He also became a member of the Police Sports Club Katowice.[5] He ended his boxing career in 1930. In total, he won 131 fights, lost 11, and 8 ended in a draw.[6] He worked as a trainer for the Police Sports Club Katowice.[7]
Following the start of the Second World War, Wende and other Silesian policemen were evacuated to the Eastern Borderlands.[2] After the Soviet invasion of Poland, he was taken prisoner by Soviet forces in the area of Tarnopol. He was taken to the POW Camp in Ostashkov, Russia.[7] In April 1940, he was executed with a shot to the back of the head in Kalinin.[8] His remains were buried at the Polish War Cemetery in Mednoye.[9]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Zdziarski 2023, p. 184.
- 1 2 3 Sulik, Alfred. "Wende Zygfryd". myslowice.celniej.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2025-08-02.
- 1 2 Zdziarski 2023, p. 186.
- ↑ Zdziarski 2023, p. 187.
- 1 2 Zdziarski 2023, p. 188.
- ↑ Zdziarski 2023, p. 189.
- 1 2 Zdziarski 2023, p. 190.
- ↑ Zdziarski 2023, p. 191.
- ↑ Miednoje. Księga Cmentarna Polskiego Cmentarza Wojennego, tom II (PDF), Warszawa: Rada Ochrony Pamięci Walk i Męczeństwa, 2006, p. 981, archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-31
Bibliography
[edit]- Zdziarski, Maciej (2023), Sportowcy dla Niepodległej: Katyń, Kraków: Instytut Łukasiewicza, ISBN 978-83-967147-0-1