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{{Short description|Belarusian politician and Axis collaborator officer}}
{{Short description|Belarusian politician and Axis collaborator officer}}
{{Family name hatnote|Symonavič|Sažyč|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
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| successor = [[Ivonka Survilla]]
| successor = [[Ivonka Survilla]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1917|09|05|df=yes}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1917|09|05|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Haradziečna]], [[Russian Empire]] (now Belarus)
| birth_place = {{ill|Haradziečna|be|Гарадзечна (Навагрудскі раён)}}, [[Russian Empire]] {{small|(present-day Belarus)}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2007|11|19|1917|09|05}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2007|11|19|1917|09|05}}
| death_place = [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], United States
| death_place = [[Detroit]], Michigan, U.S.
| party = [[Belarusian Independence Party]]
| party = [[Belarusian Independence Party]]
| profession = Military officer, Doctor
| profession = Military officer, Doctor
| alma_mater = [[University of Marburg]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Marburg]]
}}
}}
'''Jazep Sažyč''' ({{lang-be|Язэп Сажыч}}, also '''Joseph Sazyc''',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=98438615#fbLoggedOut|title = Joseph Sazyc Obituary (2007) New York Times|via=[[Legacy.com]]}}</ref> 5 September 1917 – 19 November 2007) was a Belarusian politician and military commander.
'''Jazep Symonavič Sažyč'''{{efn|{{langx|be|Язэп Сымонавіч Сажыч|{{transliteration|be|bgn/pcgn|Yazep Symonavich Sazhych}}}}, [[Polonization|{{small|polonized}}]]: {{transliteration|be|Jazep Symonavič Sažyč}}, [[Anglicisation of names|{{small|anglicized}}]]: ''Joseph Sazyc''}} (5 September 1917 – 19 November 2007, also spelled '''Joseph Sazyc''')<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=98438615#fbLoggedOut|title = Joseph Sazyc Obituary (2007) New York Times|via=[[Legacy.com]]}}</ref> was a Belarusian politician and military commander.


== Life in the Second Polish Republic ==
== Life in the Second Polish Republic ==
Jazep Sažyč was born in [[Haradziečna]] (now in [[Navahrudak district]], [[Grodno Region]]). He graduated from a Polish gymnasium in [[Navahrudak|Nowogródek]]. In 1938 he was mobilized into the Polish army where he underwent an officer training course. During the [[German invasion of Poland]] Sažyč was commander of a minor military unit. He was wounded and taken by the Germans as a [[POW]]. He was later transferred to a hospital in [[Łódź]] from where he managed to get to [[Białystok]] and later to [[Navahrudak]]. He worked as an accountant in a village store and enlisted as a student at the [[University of Lviv]].
Jazep Sažyč was born in {{ill|Haradziečna|be|Гарадзечна (Навагрудскі раён)}} (now in [[Navahrudak district]], [[Grodno Region]]). He graduated from a Polish gymnasium in [[Navahrudak|Nowogródek]]. In 1938 he was mobilized into the Polish army where he underwent an officer training course. During the [[German invasion of Poland]] Sažyč was commander of a minor military unit. He was wounded and taken by the Germans as a [[POW]]. He was later transferred to a hospital in [[Łódź]] from where he managed to get to [[Białystok]] and later to [[Navahrudak]]. He worked as an accountant in a village store and enlisted as a student at the [[University of Lviv]].


However, with [[Operation Barbarossa|Germany attacking the Soviet Union]], Sažyč was mobilized into the Red Army. He soon deserted and returned to [[Lviv]], where he worked at a shop and supported the [[Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists]].
However, with [[Operation Barbarossa|Germany attacking the Soviet Union]], Sažyč was mobilized into the Red Army. He soon deserted and returned to [[Lviv]], where he worked at a shop and supported the [[Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists]].
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He died in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]] in 2007.
He died in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]] in 2007.

==Notes==
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==References==
==References==
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[[Category:People from Minsk Governorate]]
[[Category:People from Minsk Governorate]]
[[Category:Belarusian collaborators with Nazi Germany]]
[[Category:Polish collaborators with Nazi Germany]]
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[[Category:University of Marburg alumni]]
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[[Category:Belarusian emigrants to the United States]]
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Latest revision as of 02:48, 28 October 2024

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Symonavič and the family name is Sažyč.

Jazep Sažyč
Язэп Сажыч
Jazep Sažyč (left) and Barys Rahula between 1942 and 1944
President of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic in exile
In office
November 1980 – 1997
Preceded byVincent Žuk-Hryškievič
Succeeded byIvonka Survilla
Personal details
Born(1917-09-05)5 September 1917
Haradziečna [be], Russian Empire (present-day Belarus)
DiedNovember 19, 2007(2007-11-19) (aged 90)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Political partyBelarusian Independence Party
Alma materUniversity of Marburg
ProfessionMilitary officer, Doctor

Jazep Symonavič Sažyč[a] (5 September 1917 – 19 November 2007, also spelled Joseph Sazyc)[1] was a Belarusian politician and military commander.

Life in the Second Polish Republic

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Jazep Sažyč was born in Haradziečna [be] (now in Navahrudak district, Grodno Region). He graduated from a Polish gymnasium in Nowogródek. In 1938 he was mobilized into the Polish army where he underwent an officer training course. During the German invasion of Poland Sažyč was commander of a minor military unit. He was wounded and taken by the Germans as a POW. He was later transferred to a hospital in Łódź from where he managed to get to Białystok and later to Navahrudak. He worked as an accountant in a village store and enlisted as a student at the University of Lviv.

However, with Germany attacking the Soviet Union, Sažyč was mobilized into the Red Army. He soon deserted and returned to Lviv, where he worked at a shop and supported the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists.

He then went back to Navahrudak where he joined Belarusian collaborators organizing military units. Sažyč served in the local pro-German police. In 1942 he was appointed commandant of the Under Officer School of the Belarusian Self Help. In February 1943 he was given the task to organize a Belarusian railway guard unit in Lida. From July 1943 he taught at an officer school in Minsk.

In early 1944 Jazep Sažyč joined the Biełaruskaja Krajovaja Abarona and, at the same time, the Belarusian Independence Party.

In emigration

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In July 1944 Sažyč left Belarus for the Western Front in Saarbrücken. The Belarusian undercover government gave him the task to establish contacts with the French Resistance. However, as the Germans got to know about that, Sažyč was immediately transferred to Berlin. In Berlin, he was participating in training the Čorny Kot partisan troupe and was commandant of the officer school of the 30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Belarusian).

After the war ended he landed in Thuringia, later moved to Hessen. After that, he studied medicine at the University of Marburg.

Upon graduation, in 1950 he left for the United States, where he worked as anesthesiologist and became actively involved in the life of the Belarusian diaspora in the USA.

Jazep Sažyč was one of the founders of the Belarusian-American Association in Michigan. From 1953 he was a member of the Belarusian People's Republic government in exile; between 1980 and 1997 he was the government's president.

He died in Detroit, Michigan in 2007.

Notes

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  1. ^ Belarusian: Язэп Сымонавіч Сажыч, romanized: Yazep Symonavich Sazhych, polonized: Jazep Symonavič Sažyč, anglicized: Joseph Sazyc

References

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  1. ^ "Joseph Sazyc Obituary (2007) New York Times" – via Legacy.com.
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