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Karol Piegza (9 October 1899–3 February 1988) was a Polish teacher, writer, folklorist, photographer, and painter from Zaolzie. Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) The Polish minority in the Czech Republic (Polska mniejszość narodowa/narodowościowa w Republice Czeskiej Polská národní/národnostní menšina v České republice is a Polish (Zaolší (Zaolží Zaolzie Śląsk zaolziański literally Trans- Olza River Silesia, Olsa-Gebiet is an area in the present-day Czech Republic, which was

Piegza was born in Łazy the son of a coal miner. ( Polish:) is a village in Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. Coal mining is the extraction or removal of Coal from the Earth by Mining. He worked at coal mining for a time when he was 14. It was in the coal mining colony in Łazy where he first listened to the stories and fables told by the coal miners. That experience influenced his future life and inspired his works until 1945.

At the beginning of 1918 Piegza was conscripted into the Austro-Hungarian Army and sent to the Italian Front of World War I. The Austro-Hungarian Army was the ground force of the Austro-Hungarian Dual Monarchy (1867 - 1918 The Italian campaign refers to a series of battles fought between the armies of Austria-Hungary and Italy, along with their allies in northern Italy between 1915 World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All [1]

After the war he was active in the social life and several organizations before World War II. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including He graduated from a school for teachers in Poland and eventually worked as a teacher in Polish schools in Zaolzie—in Łazy, Orłowa, Stonawa, and after the war in Jabłonków. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland ( Polish:) is a village in Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. (ˈorlovaː Polish:, Orlau is a town in the Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. Stonava ( Polish:, Steinau is a village in Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic, on the Stonávka River Jablunkov ( pronounced; Polish:, Jablunkau is a town in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic He was also a director of schools in Łazy, Stonawa, and Jabłonków.

During World War II Piegza was incarcerated in Nazi concentration camps in Dachau and Mauthausen-Gusen. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including See also List of Nazi-German concentration camps, Extermination camp Prior to and during World War II, Nazi Germany under Hitler maintained Dachau was a Nazi German Concentration camp, and the first one opened in Germany located on the grounds of an abandoned munitions Factory near the Mauthausen Concentration Camp (known from the summer of 1940 as Mauthausen-Gusen Concentration Camp) grew to become a large group of Nazi concentration camps

After the war Piegza settled in Jabłonków where he became director of the Polish school (from 1945 to 1960) and worked in a local branch of PZKO (Polish Cultural and Educational Union). Polski Związek Kulturalno-Oświatowy (commonly known as PZKO) (Polský kulturně-osvětový svaz (meaning "Polish Cultural and Educational Union" is a Polish He helped organize the first Gorolski Święto festival in 1948, which presented the culture and traditions of the local people. Gorolski Święto (literally Highlander's Festival) is an annual international cultural and folklore festival held in Jablunkov (Polish Jabłonków Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Piegza was fascinated by the culture and traditions of Cieszyn Silesia and was a keen collector of everything related to regional culture.

I'm just an ordinary teacher-pensioner who came to like local folklore, so when I write, paint, or photograph something, I do it from my passion, to save the remnants of Silesian folklore and culture from oblivion.

—Karol Piegza[2]

He wrote his works in literary Polish and in the local dialect. Polish ( język polski, polszczyzna) is the Official language of Poland. Cieszyn Silesian dialect (gwara cieszyńska or dialekt cieszyński; těšínské nářečí locals using this dialect say they speak "po naszymu" is one of the His works often focus on regional folklore and regional fables, most often those of the local Gorols. The Gorale (Górale Gorali Cieszyn Silesian: Gorole; literally "highlanders" are a group of Indigenous people found along southern

After his death in Jabłonków, the Karol Piegza Small Regional Museum in Bukowiec was opened. Jablunkov ( pronounced; Polish:, Jablunkau is a town in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic ( Polish:, Bukowetz is a village in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic.

Works

Brochures

Short stories collections

Poetry collection

Other

Footnotes

  1. ^ Richter 2000, 28.
  2. ^ Richter 2000, 30.

References

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