Karol Kulisz (12 June 1873 in

Dzięgielów Dzięgielów is a village in Gmina Goleszów, Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, near the border with the Czech Republic. It lies in the Silesian Foothills and in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. Dzięgielów is one of ...

– 8 May 1940 in

Buchenwald Buchenwald (; literally 'beech forest') was a Nazi concentration camp established on hill near Weimar, Germany, in July 1937. It was one of the first and the largest of the concentration camps within Germany's 1937 borders. Many actual or su ...

) was

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken *Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...

Lutheran Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Catholic Church launched th ...

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, revivalist and the founder of charity institutions. During the Nazi occupation, Kulisz was interned in the concentration camp in Skrochovice near

Opava Opava (; german: Troppau, pl, Opawa) is a city in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 55,000 inhabitants. It lies on the river Opava (river), Opava. Opava is one of the historical centres of Silesia. It was a histori ...

.Koncentrační tábor Skrochovice
at smirci-krize.cz He was later moved to

Buchenwald concentration camp Buchenwald (; literally 'beech forest') was a Nazi concentration camp established on hill near Weimar, Germany, in July 1937. It was one of the first and the largest of the concentration camps within Germany's 1937 borders. Many actual or su ...

, where he was killed on 8 May 1940.

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Biography (Tercentenary of Jesus Church in Teschen Webpage)
1873 births 1940 deaths People from Cieszyn County Polish Lutheran clergy People from Cieszyn Silesia Polish people who died in Buchenwald concentration camp Polish civilians killed in World War II 20th-century Lutheran clergy Founders of charities {{Poland-reli-bio-stub

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