Józef Rymer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Józef Rymer

Polish politician

Date of Birth: 09-Feb-1882

Place of Birth: Racibórz, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 05-Dec-1922

Profession: politician

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Józef Rymer (1882–1922) was a Polish and Silesian activist and politician. Rymer was born in Zabelków on February 2, 1882.
Before the First World War he was an activist in the Zjednoczenie Zawodowe Polskie (Polish Union of Unions), a Polish labor union organization in Imperial Germany (see also German partition).
He was also a member of the Naczelna Rada Ludowa (pro-endecja) Polish political organization in Germany.
He was the target of assaults and even an assassination by nationalist German extremists (Freikorps); eventually he became one of the leaders of the Silesian Uprisings.
Elected to Polish parliament (Sejm), he also became the first voivode of the Silesian Voivodeship in June 1922.
On December 5th that year, he died of a stroke and was buried at Francuska Street Cemetery in Katowice.