Stefan Steć ( November 20 , 1964 in Warsaw &ndash; September 29 , 2005 in The Hague ) was a major of the Polish Armed Forces . In 1994 he served as a peacekeeper in the UNAMIR forces in Rwanda under general Roméo Dallaire . For his dedication in saving lives during Rwandan genocide at the risk to his own he was awarded the Cross of Merit for Bravery by Polish President Lech Wałęsa . He died at the age of 41 due to complications from posttraumatic stress disorder
Rwandan genocide
Rwandan genocide
Stefan Stec (UN peacekeeper)