Juliusz Zulauf
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Juliusz Zulauf was born August 20, 1891 in Lwów, then the capital of Austro-Hungarian Galicia. In 1910, after graduating from a local gymnasium, he joined the Lwów University of Science and Technology. There, at the age of 18, he joined the Związek Walki Czynnej and the Związek Strzelecki. After the outbreak of The Great War, on September 1, 1914, he joined the Polish Legions. In 1915 he was promoted to First Lieutenant and then to Captain. He commanded a company of infantry in the 2nd Legions Infantry Regiment and then in 5th Infantry Regiment. Wounded in July of 1916, during the battle of Opłowa he was taken prisoner of war by the Russians. However, Zulauf managed to escape from captivity and cross the front lines to rejoin the Polish Legions. After the Oath Crisis of 1917 he was drafted into the Austro-Hungarian Army. After Poland regained her independence in 1918, Juliusz Zulauf returned to his hometown, where he joined the Polish Army and took part in the defence of Lwów during the Polish-Ukrainian War. On May 11, 1919, he was given the command of the Polish 4th Legions Infantry Regiment and took part in the opening stages of the Polish-Bolshevik War. Heavily wounded in August of that year, he quickly recovered. However, he did not reassume his former post and instead became the commanding officer of the garrison of Radom on October 1 of that year. After the cease fire agreement, on March 23, 1921, he became a peace-time commander of the 28th Kaniów Rifles Infantry Regiment and since September 28 of that year - commanding officer of the 19rd Infantry Regiment. Promoted to colonel in 1923, between 1926 and 1927 Zulauf commanded the 3rd Infantry Regiment, only to be promoted to the commander of infantry of the 5th Infantry Division. He held that post until April of 1930, when he was promoted to commanding officer of the prestigious Polish 2nd Legions Infantry Division stationed in Kielce. For his service on January 1, 1932, he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general. Since 1937 he commanded the Lwów-based 5th Infantry Division and with that unit he took part in the Polish September Campaign. After heavy fighting, his division was limited to merely one regiment, but managed to break through to Warsaw and took part in the defence of the Polish capital as part of the Warszawa Army. Since September 14 Zulauf commanded the eastern perimeter of the Polish defences, defending the easternmost borough of Praga. After the capitulation of Warsaw on September 28, Zulauf was taken prisoner of war by the Germans. He died May 21, 1943 in Oflag VIIA in Murnau. Recently his daughter Irena passed many of his personal belongings to the municipal museum of Kielce.
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