Jan Szuścik (23 October 1879 in

Gułdowy Gułdowy is a district of Cieszyn, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. It was a separate municipality, but became administratively a part of Cieszyn in 1973. The village was first mentioned in 1461. It belonged then to the Duchy of Cieszyn, formed i ...

- 1941 in Oranienburg concentration camp) was a Polish teacher, politician and member of the

Silesian Parliament Silesian Parliament or Silesian Sejm ( pl, Sejm Śląski) was the governing body of the Silesian Voivodeship (1920–1939), an autonomous voivodeship of the Second Polish Republic between 1920 and 1945. It was elected in democratic elections and ...

. Jan Szuścik was born in peasant family in Gułdowy near Cieszyn to Paweł and Anna, née Pastuszek. In 1900 he graduated from secondary school for teachers (Lehrerseminar) in Cieszyn. He worked initially at a school in

Łazy Łazy is a town in Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. Until 1947 the town was the seat of the Rokitno Szlacheckie municipality. In the years 1975–1998 the town administratively belonged to the Katowice province. As of 2019, the ...

, followed by an assignment in Bogumin. In 1922-1930 he was a deputy in the

. From 1938 to 1939 Szuścik worked as a mayor of Łazy. After the World War II had broken out, he was arrested by Nazi Germans during the

Intelligenzaktion Schlesien The ''Intelligenzaktion'' (), or the Intelligentsia mass shootings, was a series of mass murders which was committed against the Polish intelligentsia (teachers, priests, physicians, and other prominent members of Polish society) early in the ...

and sent to the Oranienburg concentration camp. He was killed there on 18 April 1941. Szuścik had one daughter Stefania who was married to Feliks Bocheński. They both emigrated to the United States.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Szuscik, Jan Polish schoolteachers 1879 births 1941 deaths People from Cieszyn Mayors of places in Poland Members of Silesian Parliament Polish people who died in Nazi concentration camps