Background
Kontrym was born 27 August 1898 in Zaturka, near Łuck in Wołyń.
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Kontrym was born 27 August 1898 in Zaturka, near Łuck in Wołyń.
After the war, he was executed for anti-Communist activities by the Polish security apparatus probably on 2 or 20 January 1953. He began his military career by volunteering for the Imperial Russian Army in March 1915. Initially he served in the 106th Infantry Regiment, completing NCO training in Saratov.
Between August and December 1915 he commanded a platoon of the 250th Infantry Regiment, and from June 1916 he served as adjutant of the 3rd Battalion of the 127th Infantry Regiment.
In August 1917 he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant and was made commanding officer of a cavalry reconnaissance unit of the 660th Infantry Regiment. Kontrym joined Polish Army units that were forming in Russia and from 1918 served in the 5th Cavalry Regiment of the II Polish Army Corps.
In May 1918 the Corps was disarmed and interned by the Germans at Kaniow. Kontrym escaped from the German Prisoner Of War camp and attempted to join Polish Army units in Murmansk, Russia.
In October 1918 he was arrested by the Bolshevik Extraordinary Commission Against Counterrevolution, Sabotage and Speculation and conscripted into the Red Army.
He fought against the Polish Army as commander of 82 Infantry Regiment and 28th Brigade of the 10th Infantry Division. In February 1921 he was transferred from his unit to study at the Frunze Military Academy. During that time, he contacted Polish Military attaché Colonel Romuald Wolikowski, to whom he passed Soviet military secrets.
His espionage activities were discovered, and he had to flee to
During World World War II, Kontrym served in the Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade and was one of the Cichociemni. He also fought with distinction in the Warsaw Uprising.
After the war, he was arrested by the Polish Security Service and executed for anti-Communist resistance probably on 2 or 20 January 1953.