Jan Kustos (5 September 1893 in
Syrynia
Syrynia (German ''Syrin'') is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lubomia, within Wodzisław County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Lubomia, west of Wodzisław Śląski
Wodzisław ...
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Wodzisław Śląski
Wodzisław Śląski (; german: Loslau, cs, Vladislav, la, Vladislavia, yi, וואידסלוב, Voydislav, szl, Władźisłůw) is a city in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland with 47,992 inhabitants (2019). It is the seat of Wodzisław Cou ...
– 28 July 1932 in
Katowice
Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most popul ...
) was a Silesian politician, philosophy magister, press editor, founder and chairman of the
Union of Upper Silesians Defence from 1925-1932, spokesman rights national minority for
Silesians in
Poland, member of town council in
Katowice
Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most popul ...
in the period 1926-1927, founder of the Trade Union of Upper Silesians in 1927, and a representative of Silesian nationality in the time of conversation with representative
League of Nations in 1929.
[Dariusz Jerczyński, Historia Narodu Śląskiego (History of Silesian Nation), second edition (implemented and corrected), Zabrze 2006.]
See also
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Union of Upper Silesians
The Union of Upper Silesians (german: Bund der Oberschlesier; pl, Związek Górnoślązaków; Silesian: ''Ferajn Gůrnoślůnzokůw'') was an early 20th-century movement for the independence of Upper Silesia.
The movement had its genesis durin ...
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Ewald Latacz
Ewald Latacz (born 24 June 1885 in Kattowitz (Katowice); died 12 February 1953 in Frankfurt am Main) was a Silesian politician. He practiced as a lawyer in Racibórz since 1913, and as a civil law notary since 1919. He also co-founded the Union ...
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Joseph Musiol
Joseph Musiol ( pl, Józef Musioł; born 22 June 1865 in Mikołów) was a Silesian politician. He served as secretary of the Catholic Trade Union,Dariusz Jerczyński, "Józef Musioł (Joseph Musiol)", in: ''Orędownicy niepodległości Śląska'' ...
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Silesian People's Party
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Józef Kożdoń
Józef Kożdoń ( cs, Josef Koždoň, german: Josef Koždon, pl, Józef Kożdoń) (8 September 1873 in Leszna Górna in Cieszyn County - 7 December 1949 in Opava) was Silesian autonomist politician.
Biography
He was a teacher (since 1893) an ...
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Theofil Kupka
Theofil Kupka (Teofil/Theophil Kupka) (born 22 August 1885 in Marklowitz/Marklowice – died 20 November 1920 in Beuthen/Bytom) was a Silesian politician.
Biography
Kupka's childhood was spent in Marklowitz (Marklowice), where he and his ...
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Silesian Autonomy Movement
The Silesian Autonomy Movement ( szl, Ruch Autōnōmije Ślōnska, pl, Ruch Autonomii Śląska, german: Bewegung für die Autonomie Schlesiens), abbreviated as RAŚ, is a movement officially declaring its support for the autonomy of Silesia as pa ...
References
Sources
* Piotr Dobrowolski, Ugrupowania i kierunki separatystyczne na Górnym Śląsku i w Cieszyńskiem w latach 1918-1939, Warszawa – Kraków 1972.
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Dariusz Jerczyński Dariusz is a male given name, predominantly in Polish. Etymologically, it derives from the Proto-Slavic "dar" gift, and signifies the giver/gift giver or possessors as well as "goods", and Persian name ''Dariush'', meaning "he possesses" or "good".
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, Historia Narodu Śląskiego. (History of Silesian Nation), second edition (implemented and corrected), Zabrze 2006.
* Guido Hitze, Carl Ulitzka (1873-1953) oder Oberschlesien zwischen den Weltkriegen, Düsseldorf 2002.
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People from Katowice
Silesian politicians
1893 births
1932 deaths
People from the Province of Silesia