Col. Henryk Torunczyk, born Wloclawek, (1909–1966) was a Polish soldier. He later volunteered to fight with the International Brigades

International Brigades

The International Brigades were military units made up of volunteers from different countries, who traveled to Spain to defend the Second Spanish Republic in the Spanish Civil War between 1936 and 1939....

 in the Spanish Civil War

Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...

. He was sometime commander of the Naftali Botwin Company; Chief of Staff of XIII International Brigade

XIII International Brigade

This article is about the 13th International Brigade - often known as the XIII Dabrowski Brigade - which fought for the Spanish Second Republic in the Spanish Civil War in the International Brigades. The brigade was dissolved and then reformed on four occasions.-1st Formation :The brigade was first...

 and leader of an International Unit formed in January 1939 from a rump of Brigade veterans who remained in Spain after demoblisation. They crossed the border in Spain on about 9 January 1939 He later became a partisan. Since 1943 he was surveyor of forming with NKVD

NKVD

The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs was the public and secret police organization of the Soviet Union that directly executed the rule of power of the Soviets, including political repression, during the era of Joseph Stalin....

 aid Szamodzielny Batalion Szturmowy 

He is also called: Henrik Torunczyk and Henrik Tourunczyk.

See also

• Hugh Thomas
  Hugh Thomas
  Hugh Thomas , is a British historian and life peer.Hugh Thomas may also refer to:* Hugh Thomas , American choral conductor, pianist and educator* Hugh Thomas , Australian rules football coach...
  
  , The Spanish Civil War, 4th Rev. Ed. 2001.
• Antony Beevor
  Antony Beevor
  Antony James Beevor, FRSL is a British historian, educated at Winchester College and Sandhurst. He studied under the famous military historian John Keegan. Beevor is a former officer with the 11th Hussars who served in England and Germany for five years before resigning his commission...
  
  , The Battle for Spain, 2007.
• Cecil Eby, Comrades and Commissars, 2007.