Szendzielarz, Zygmunt Edward, alias “Łupaszko” , “Łupaszka” en “Łopaszko” born 12-03-1910, Stryj , Austria-Hongarije, 
the youngest son of Karol (1863-1931), a railroad official, and his wife Eufrozyna born Osiecka (1870-1953). Zygmunt had five brothers: Jan Franciszek (1892-1955), Adam Stefan (1894-1943), Rudolf Franciszek (c. 1899-1919), Marian (1902-1964) and Edward, and two sisters: Stefania (1890-1968) and Józefa Maria (1897-1981). Brothers Marian and Rudolf fought in defense of Lviv (1918-1919). Rudolf died. Marian, awarded the Virtuti Militari, 
was captain of the 20th Uhlan Regiment, prisoner of war in Oflag VII A Murnau 
. Adam was killed by the Germans because he belonged to the Home Army 
. Józefa was a teacher at an elementary school in the countryside near Lviv and married to Stanisław Kruczkowski Zygmunt initially studied at a gymnasium in Lviv and then in Stryj. Until 19-09-1931 he was a student at the Second State Gymnasium in Stryj , in the 8th grade at the beginning of the school year 1931/32.
From 14-11-1931 to August 12-08-1932, Zygmunt attended the unitary course at the School for Infantry Cadets in Ostrów Mazowiecka. 
After completing the course and being promoted to corporal cadet, he continued his training at the School for Cavalry Cadets in Grudziądz 
(from 01-10-1932 to 05-08-1934). On 04-08-1934, he was appointed by the President of the Republic of Poland as a second lieutenant , with a seniority of 15-08-1934 and the 68th rank in the cavalry officer corps. After his promotion, he was assigned as platoon commander to the 4th Uhlan Regiment 
in Vilnius. On 19-03-1938 he was promoted to lieutenant , with seniority from 19-03-1938 and the 69th rank in the officer corps of the cavalry, while at the same time he assumed command of the 2nd squadron During his military service, Lieutenant Szendzielarz participated in numerous equestrian competitions, where he achieved high places.
On 28-01-1939 married in the church of St. Ignatius of Loyola 
in Vilnius Anna Swolkień of the coat of arms of Pomerania , daughter of Konstanty Swolkień of the coat of arms of Pomerania and Wanda Światopełk Mirska of the coat of arms of Białynia, landowners, owners of the farm and estate in Szajkuny, later courier of the Internal Army, arrested in 1943 and deported to forced labor in the Reich, she died on 24-02-1945 during a gunshot exchangein. They had one daughter, Barbara (born 16-11-1939, died 30-03-2012).
He fought in the 4e Trans-Neman Uhlan Regiment unit in September 1939 as part of the Vilnius Cavalry Brigade, which was part of the Prussian Army. At the end of the fighting, he joined the Cavalry Operations Group commanded by General Władysław Albert Anders.
In late September 1939 he was captured by the Soviets, after which he managed to escape after a few days and reached Lviv.After unsuccessful attempts to reach Hungary, he returned to Vilnius in November 1939.
From the beginning of 1940 Zygmunt was active in the underground movement of the 4th Uhlanen Regiment, adopting the pseudonym “Łupaszka.”In late 1941 he began organizing an intelligence network on the line Vilnius – Podbrodzie – Riga and Łyntupy – Kiemieliszki – Świr. In April 1943, he contacted the Vilnius District Command of the Internal Army and in August of that year, on the orders of Lieutenant Colonel Aleksander Krzyżanowski “Wilk”, 
he was appointed commander of a partisan unit of the Internal Army operating in the Vilnius lake area under the command of Second Lieutenant. Antoni Burzyński “Kmicic”. 
When he reached his base, he learned that the unit had been disarmed by Fyodor Grigoryevich Markov’s 
Soviet partisan brigade and that “Kmicic” had been killed, age 44, along with 80 Internal Army soldiers. Aleksander Krzyzanowski In prison, his health deteriorated, and he died from tuberculosis on 29-09-1951, age 56..
From the remnants of the unit, Szendzielarz created a new unit, named the 5th Wilno Brigade 
of the Home Army in November 1943. The party fought against German occupation forces and Lithuanian units working with them, as well as hostile Soviet partisans.On 31-01-1944, he was wounded in combat with the Germans near Worzian.A few months later, in April 1944, while in Vilnius, he was arrested by the Germans. However, he managed to escape and return to the unit.
Death and burial ground of Szendzielarz, Zygmunt Edward, alias “Łupaszko” , “Łupaszka” en “Łopaszko”.
In the fall of 1946, he left with a small group of soldiers for the Białystok region, where he joined the 6th Vilnius Brigade, commanded by 2nd Lieutenant Lucjan Minkiewicz “Wiktor.” 
In March 1947, he left the division. Initially he stayed in Warsaw, then in the area of Głubczyce and then he hid in Osielect near Maków Podhalański. Here he was arrested by MBP agents on 30-06-1948. On 02-11-1950, he was sentenced to death by the military district court in Warsaw. The sentence was carried out in Mokotów prison in Warsaw on 08-02-1951, age 50. Major Zygmunt Szendzielarz’s burial site remained unknown for decades. His remains were identified only in 2013, following excavations by the Institute of National Remembrance at the so-called Paths of the Powązki Military Cemetery. In 2016, he was posthumously promoted to colonel and buried in Powązki Military Cemetery with a full military ceremony.
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